AIADMK will support a party which will protect interests of TN: Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday said the AIADMK would support a party at the Centre which would strive to protect the interests of Tamil Nadu post the Lok Sabha polls.
The All Indian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam joint coordinator's comments come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP was open to alliances and that it cherished its old friends, in a hint that the saffron party was looking to strengthen the NDA in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
The AIADMK, led by former chief minister Jayalalithaa, had joined hands with the BJP to face the 2004 Lok Sabha polls but the alliance could not win even a single seat while the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-Congress combine swept the polls.
"As far as we are concerned, our stand is that whoever does good for the people of Tamil Nadu, they should come to power at the Centre," Palaniswami said at a party event here.
"We will support only those who do good for the people of Tamil Nadu," he said.
"We ...