What happened
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said the DMK remains an “evil force” for the AIADMK and that the party’s stance has not changed. He also rejected allegations that the AIADMK and the DMK had tried to join forces to stop TVK from forming a government after a hung Assembly outcome.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Australia and New Zealand were significant because they deepened India’s strategic position in the Indo-Pacific, not only its economic or people-to-people ties.
Background and earlier position
India’s diplomacy with Australia and New Zealand has long combined defence, trade and diaspora linkages. The current push fits India’s broader effort to build partnerships that support strategic autonomy in a period of great-power rivalry, supply-chain disruption and uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific.
What changed now
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