New Delhi, March 26 -- A decision on AIADMK'S alliance with the BJP in Tamil Nadu will be taken closer to next year's assembly elections, party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, said on Wednesday, a day after he met Union Home minister Amit Shah in the national capital.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader flew to Delhi on Tuesday fueling speculation about the party's return to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold.

"Is there an election now?" EPS said, declaring that "only close to elections, will an alliance be decided when he was asked about the possible alliance between the two parties.

The AIADMK the opposition party in Tamil Nadu, has said in its official ve...