Chennai, Dec. 10 -- Slamming the ruling DMK of having failure on various fronts, the GeneralCouncil meeting of the Principal Opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday authorisedParty General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to decide on strategising the alliance for the2026 Assembly polls and declared him as the Chief Minister candidate in the event of theAIADMK-BJP NDA alliance wins the elections.

Resolutions to this effect were adopted at the Executive and the GC, the highest policy leveldecision taking body of the party with 1.25 crore cadre, held at a marriage hall here today.

The key meeting reaffirmed the AIADMK's commitment to restoring the golden era of late leaderJ Jayalalithaa and the revolutionary governance inspired by Foun...