Chennai, March 25 -- The crucial 2026 Assembly elections which is expected to witness at least a five-cornered contest, is still an year away.

In this background the sudden visit of AIADMK General Secretary and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) to New Delhi on Tuesday has sent political tongues wagging.

While the ruling DMK had almost cemented its electoral strategy and is certain to face the voters with its current flock being intact, the AIADMK was still pondering over its next move on alliance, having walked out of the BJP-led NDA in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Amidst growing speculations on the AIADMK's possible revival of ties with the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Assembly election, Mr EPS, a...