TVK Denies NDA Alliance Ahead of Tamil Nadu Polls

In Chennai, the actor-turned-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) firmly denied on Saturday any possibility of forming an electoral alliance with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ahead of upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu. The statement came a day after a virtual party meeting where district secretaries discussed alliance prospects, amid swirling media and social media speculation.

TVK Joint General Secretary C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar dismissed reports of negotiations as "rumours" and media speculation aimed at diverting attention from public issues. "There's no scope for an alliance with the NDA. We have already made it clear that the BJP is our ideological enemy," Nirmal Kumar told reporters. He questioned whether NDA constituents would accept Vijay as the chief ministerial candidate if such talks were underway. In a later statement on social media platform X, he urged party members to rely only on official announcements and ignore unverified reports. The March 13 virtual meeting, according to a party source, focused on assessing the TVK's organizational strengths...