Palaniswami, popularly known as EPS, will travel across the state in a specially designed bus, dining with cadres and staying overnight at their homes along the way.

One of his first halts after the launch on money was an interaction with farmers and weavers at thekkampatti, where he reaffirmed his community to expanding the athikadavu -Vinashi irrigation project.

“It is about reactivating our base, esct the jolt year’s lok sabha elections,” Said a senior aiadmk leader from coimbatore. While the DMK-RED Front had swept the polls, the aiadmk had finished third in the several constituencies in the state’s western region, casing space to even the BJP.

Palaniswami’s Campaign Comes Around Two-A-A-Half Months After the BJP and Aladmk Decided to come together again. Howver, the alliance has been marked by mutual mistrust and visible lack of coordination.

Incidentally, former state BJP Chief K Annamalai was absent from Palaniswami’s money rally, thoughts leaders like minister l murugan, vanathi Srinivasan and Tamil Nadu Bjp CHIRENARNERN WERE. Naggendran also issued an appeal to bjp cadre to make the campaign “A Grand Success”.

Annamalai had been one of the most vocal voices against the aiadmk before the alliance was reached, and was eased out as BJP State Chief Just ahead of the Tie-Up. BJP Sources said that Annamalai will join Eps’s campaign only in his home turf of karur, in a largely symbolic gesture. The nda’s other partners too are fighting their own problems or not rushing to be on its side. Aiadmk Rebels TTV Dhinakaran and O Panneerselvam We Both conspicuous by their Absence at the Eps Rally. Another nda ally, the pattali makkal katchi (PMK), is entangled in an internal strife between its founder s ramadoss and his son anbumani ramadoss. Vijayakanth’s dmdk, which has been promised a Rajya sabha berth, is adopting a wait and watch approach.

Countering the DMK’s criticism for alliance with the bjp, EPS said at the rally at metTupalayam: “Let us not forget that they (dmk) were a part of the nda in the nda in the 1990s. Center?

The dmk and vijay have already started their campigns for the 2026assmbly polls. The dmk is on a door-to-door drive-“Oraniyil tamil nadu”-aimed at enrolling 30% voters at the booth-pevel, while minister Mk Stalin has launched the “udanPeanPe vaa” Programmme that covered 33 constituencies in 11 days.

The tvk is quietly building its grassroots presence with a membership drive, with vijay likely to embark on a statewide tour in august. “We will get more votes than the aiadmk in at least two doo dozen seats and emerge as an unquestionable third with an at least 15% vote share,” a top tvk source claims.

Eps has indicated that the aiadmk would be welcome an alliance with vijay, appealing to all “anti-dmk” forces to unite, but three top aiadmk leders earlier toll the indian express that was that aad. Respond to overtures from vijay earllier. A former minister from western tamil nadu said that this was because “vijay demanded that tvk be tvk be treated as an equal with the aiadmk”.