We will announce the alliance in January: Premalatha Vijayakanth
Tamil Nadu : DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakant said they will announce the alliance for the 2026 assembly elections in January.
Edappadi Palaniswami on Sunday announced that the DMDK will be given one Rajya Sabha seat in the AIADMK alliance in 2026.
Subsequently, Premalatha Vijayakant told reporters in Koyambedu, Chennai:
It is true that AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami and former party ministers have confirmed in writing that the DMDK will be given 5 Lok Sabha seats and one Rajya Sabha seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
We did not say this openly because the AIADMK is in the right place to announce it. Similarly, Anbumani Ramadoss and G.K. Vasan were already allotted Rajya Sabha seats by the AIADMK. So, the time has come to allot us seats. So I was sure that it was the duty of the AIADMK to allot Rajya Sabha seats to the DMDK. In that regard, the AIADMK has now announced that in 2026, DMDK will be allotted a Rajya Sabha seat. Announcement of alliance: Politics means elections. In this sense, the AIADMK has made this announcement in view of the 2026 assembly elections. Similarly, the DMDK will also do its duty in view of the 2026 assembly elections. Next year, January. We will announce our position and alliance at the DMDK conference to be held in Cuddalore on the 9th. Thanks to the Chief Minister: I thank Chief Minister MK Stalin and the DMK for passing a condolence resolution for Vijayakanth at the DMK general meeting. When Vijayakanth passed away, the Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu ministers stood with us till the funeral was completed and we will never forget the state honours given to him, said Premalatha Vijayakanth.
