Pratik Das, Pune
On Monday September 25, AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami announced their breaking of the alliance with BJP and exit of NDA. A meeting held by Palaniswami consisting of party’s office-bearers and district secretaries adopted a unanimous resolution to this effect.
K P Munusamy, a former minister and senior party leader, addressed the resolutions at the party headquarters, where a large gathering of former ministers, party functionaries, and cadres had assembled. The resolution alleges that the BJP state leadership has been intentionally and openly criticising AIADMK principles and leaders like C.N. Annadurai and J Jayalalithaa, which is creating a divisive atmosphere and hinting at a possible distancing between the two parties.
The resolution stated that the BJP leadership showed less importance to the significance of the AIADMK’s historic conference in Madurai on August 20 and marginalized Palaniswami, who was leading the party with two crore cadres. The party justified its decision to end its alliance with the BJP by citing the unrest and disruption it caused among the cadres and the party’s operations, all the while respecting the sentiments of its members.
On Monday, K Annamalai, the State BJP President, refrained from offering any comments regarding the AIADMK’s decision to terminate their alliance. Annamalai, who was conducting a padyatra in Coimbatore stated, “I don’t want to speak politics during the yatra.” He mentioned that the national leadership of the BJP would address this matter in a more suitable way.