In a desperate attempt to make inroads in Tamil Nadu, which has proved elusive for it so far, the BJP hastily stitched up an alliance with the AIADMK ahead of next year’s Assembly election, two years after the Dravidian party walked out of a tie-up with the saffron party. Banking on anti-incumbency against the DMK government in the state, the BJP is hoping that the pact with the Edappadi Palanisami-led AIADMK will help the NDA to form government in the southern state in 2026. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which the BJP fought on its own, its performance was disappointing, to say the least. The saffron party is hoping that this alliance will draw in other smaller parties like the PMK and DMDK. The BJP’s decision to drop its charismatic state unit president K. Annamalai at the behest of EPS is........

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