The DMK’s allies have also slammed the tie-up. TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai said, “For the last three years, former TN BJP chief K Annamalai had consistently spoken against the Dravidian movement and targeted the AIADMK. It remains to be seen whether he will continue levelling the same charges now.”

The TNCC chief said the alliance has no ideological foundation and questioned whether the AIADMK would now accept the BJP’s policy positions.

VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan asked who was leading the alliance? If the alliance is under the leadership of the AIADMK, then its general secretary should be the one to declare it.

Talking to reporters in Coimbatore, he said the same alliance was defeated by the people in 2019 Lok Sabha election and the 2021 Assembly election. “Therefore, I believe this alliance will not have any significant impact against the DMK-led front,” he added.

“Earlier, EPS’s stand was to form an alliance in the state without the BJP, and this was known to everyone. He has been forced to tie up with the BJP, considering the recent development wherein former education minister K A Sengottaiyan met Shah personally, despite it being unclear what the agenda behind their meeting was. In fact, the BJP forged the alliance after threatening the AIADMK, as it was clearly visible when the tie-up was announced by Shah in Chennai on Friday. However, there is still suspicion about whether the alliance is under the BJP or the AIADMK in the state,” he said.

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