Chennai, July 17 -- Tamil Nadu's principal opposition party, the AIADMK, and its ally, the BJP, continue to contradict each other on the formation of the government led by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), in the event of the coalition winning the 2026 assembly elections in the state.

While Union home minister Amit Shah has previously said that the NDA led by the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu will form a coalition government, the AIADMK's general secretary and leader of opposition, Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) on Wednesday reiterated his stand against it.

"Our alliance will win but the AIADMK will form the government independently," EPS said in response to Shah's comments, adding, "It is the AIADMK that leads this alliance. So it is my decis...