COIMBATORE: AIADMK has once again ruled out a coalition government in the event of the alliance winning the upcoming assembly elections.
State fisheries minister D Jayakumar said that the AIADMK would win a decisive mandate and form government of its own with absolute majority. “If you look at the history of Tamil Nadu AIADMK had always captured power with majority. That will be the case after 2021 assembly elections too,” he told reporters in Chennai on Sunday.
Jayakumar’s comments came hours after BJP leader L Murugan said the saffron party would determine the next government in state. “People of Tamil Nadu would never leave scope for a coalition rule in the state,” he said. At the same time he said that the AIADMK would witness a decisive victory, unprecedented in the history of Tamil Nadu, in the upcoming assembly elections.
The AIADMK as well as our allies will win all the seats, he said. “The AIADMK will win with absolute majority and form government. So there is no question of a coalition government,’’ he said.
In the past too, whenever BJP leaders issued statements suggesting coalition government, the AIADMK was swift to rule out the possibility. A few days ago when former union minister Pon Radhakrishnan asserted that BJP will be part of the next government, AIADMK leader Vaigaichelvan told TOI that TN never had a coalition government in the past and will not have one in future too.