‘Whenever DMK Wants Power, They Change Colour Like Chameleon’: Edappadi On INDIA Alliance

Edappadi Palaniswami pointed out that the same DMK was in alliance with the BJP in 1999.

Around 26 Opposition parties including DMK met in Bengaluru to discuss the strategy for Lok Sabha polls 2024 in order to defeat the NDA alliance led by PM Narendra Modi.

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A day after CM Stalin returned from Bengaluru after attending the Opposition collision meeting, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said whenever DMK wants power, they usually change their colour like a chameleon. He also charged that in their collation everyone would work with freedom while all are slaves in DMK alliance.

Edappadi K Palaniswami said, "In our alliance, all parties work with freedom, while in DMK alliance, all are slaves. Be it assembly elections or parliament elections, AIADMK will lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu...Alliances are shaped by circumstances but ideology is permanent.”

“Each party has a different ideology. The same DMK was in alliance with the BJP in 1999. Whenever they (DMK) want power, they usually change their colour like a chameleon," he said.

Delhi: AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami says, "In our alliance, all parties work with freedom, while in DMK alliance, all are slaves. Be it assembly elections or parliament elections, AIADMK will lead the alliance in Tamil Nadu...Alliances are shaped by… pic.twitter.com/zZ8Dzw6Sr7

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Around 26 Opposition parties from 10 states met in Bengaluru to discuss the strategy for Lok Sabha polls 2024 in order to defeat the NDA alliance led by PM Narendra Modi.

The parties including Indian National Congress, All India Trinamool Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Aam Aadmi Party, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Shiv Sena, CPI, CPM and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi among others.

The alliance has been named as INDIA-- Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance.

After the meeting, Stalin said, "The country was going through "autocracy" and democracy and other aspects like secularism were facing a crisis, even as people were suffering."

Many opposition parties from across the country have joined hands in the interest of the country, Stalin added, as per PTI.