The AIADMK on Wednesday formally announced its general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami as its chief ministerial candidate for the 2026 Assembly election, vesting him with “full and absolute authority” to shape a pre-poll alliance and projecting an ambitious target of 210 seats for an AIADMK-led front.

Meeting at Vanagaram on the outskirts of Chennai , the party’s General Council and Executive Committee passed 16 resolutions that sought to turn the sitting Opposition into a government-in-waiting and frame the DMK administration as corrupt, incompetent and vulnerable.

Palaniswami, the former chief minister and current Leader of the Opposition, told thousands of office-bearers and cadres that “we will surely win 100%, AIADMK rule will blossom again – no power can stop it.” He said both M

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