AIADMK Officially Ends Alliance With BJP, Passes Resolution To Exit NDA
NDTV
The AIADMK-BJP alliance has been on the brink last after the Tamil Nadu party's anger over BJP state boss K Annamalai's comments about late former chief ministers CN Annadurai and J Jayalalithaa.
Tamil Nadu's AIADMK has snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance - just months before the national election - amid a row over comments by the latter party's state boss, K Annamalai. The break-up was announced by AIADMK Deputy General Secretary KP Munusamy after a resolution was passed unanimously at a meeting of MPs, MLAs and district heads at the party's head office in Chennai.
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At a meeting in Delhi on Saturday - a last-gasp effort to revive strained ties - the south Indian party stood firm on its demand - that Mr Annamalai either apologise for remarks on the late former Chief Minister CN Annadurai, or be replaced with a "non-controversial leader". Mr Annadurai was the mentor of AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran.
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