Chennai, July 12 -- Exposing the continuing inherent contradiction in the NDA in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today contradicted Union Home Minister and BJP stalwart Amit Shah yet again, dismissing any talk of coalition government and asserting that the Dravidian major will secure a majority on its own and form the government after the 2026 assembly election.

"The AIADMK will secure a majority of its own and form the government. This I have reiterated many times," he told reporters in Puducherry in response to a question on Amit Shah's interview published in an English daily this morning.

This is the second time, within a span a month, that EPS has contradicted the BJP strategist...