Overview
- BJP Tamil Nadu chief Nainar Nagendran met AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami in Chennai, called the discussion smooth, and said seat numbers will be announced later.
- The Indian Express reported that Amit Shah asked AIADMK to commit to at least three cabinet berths for the BJP and to allow the BJP and its allies to contest about 56 of 234 seats.
- AIADMK leaders did not agree to pre‑poll power‑sharing during the Delhi meeting, with EPS arguing such a promise could be electorally damaging, according to party sources.
- Palaniswami publicly said his Shah meeting covered the state’s political situation, reiterated there is no place for V.K. Sasikala or O. Panneerselvam, and kept talks with other parties under wraps.
- Anbumani Ramadoss’s PMK faction was inducted into the NDA, while party founder S. Ramadoss declared those talks illegal, as parties push to finalise alignments before the Prime Minister’s late‑January visit.