Overview
- Multiple outlets, citing party sources, say the BJP has offered Vijay the Deputy Chief Minister post and around 80 Assembly seats to bring TVK into the NDA.
- TVK joint general secretary C. T. R. Nirmal Kumar has publicly denied any negotiations with the NDA, calling the BJP the party’s ideological enemy and urging cadres to ignore speculation.
- Sources describe talks as advanced while noting internal discussions in TVK over contesting solo versus seeking alliances for electoral leverage.
- Pawan Kalyan, Jana Sena chief and Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister, has emerged as an intermediary opening channels to Vijay, according to reports.
- AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami says there has been no contact with TVK and rules out an alliance, as Vijay faces CBI questioning in the Karur stampede probe on the same day the speculation intensified.