Synopsis: Expelled AIADMK leader KA Sengottaiyan on Friday admitted that his September ultimatum urging Edappadi K Palaniswami to reunite the party had been made at the behest of the BJP, confirming suspicions that the saffron party was attempting to bring together the AIADMK’s warring factions. Sengottaiyan’s remarks, including his assertion that Palaniswami had “betrayed” the BJP by severing ties before the 2024 polls, have reignited debate over the already fragile BJP–AIADMK alliance ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Expelled senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader KA Sengottaiyan on Friday, 7 November, admitted that it was at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that he issued an ultimatum to the AIADMK leadership, urging it to bri

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