AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Monday asserted that no alliance can form a government without his support. He also claimed that his party would play a pivotal role in the upcoming 2026 Assembly polls.
He informed that the AMMK's decision on alliance would be announced at the end of February 2026, before the 78th birth anniversary of the late AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa.
He said that the decision of party cadres and volunteers will be his decision, and he would not override it.
Notably, he said that the 2026 Assembly polls as a 'mission' to 'reinstate' the legacy of Jayalalithaa.
"For Amma's rule to come again, Amma's volunteers, wherever they are, must unite as one front to secure victory," Dhinakaran said.
The AMMK walked out of the BJP-led NDA coalition in September, exhibiting protest against 'betrayal'. He quit the alliance after former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam exited the coalition.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, TTV Thinakaran's AMMK party contested the Theni and Tiruchirappalli constituencies. Thinakaran himself contested in Theni and secured second position. DMK candidate Thanga Tamilselvan won the polls.
In Tiruchirappalli, candidate Senthilnathan secured fourth position. Significantly, Senthilnathan lost the seat to Durai Vaiko, son of MDMK supremo Vaiko. MDMK had contested the election under INDIA bloc.
(With inputs from PTI)