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Piyush Goyal meets AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami initiates seat sharing talksAn insider said the BJP was likely to demand 30 seats, about ten more than it contested in the 2021 Assembly election, from the AIADMK.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Piyush Goyal, the union minister and the BJP team was received by Palaniswami and his party seniors at a hotel here, where the seat sharing talks commenced for the 2026 assembly elections.</p></div>

Piyush Goyal, the union minister and the BJP team was received by Palaniswami and his party seniors at a hotel here, where the seat sharing talks commenced for the 2026 assembly elections.

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Chennai: BJP's election in-charge for Tamil Nadu, Piyush Goyal, initiated seat-sharing talks with AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami here on Tuesday.

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Goyal, the union minister and senior BJP leader, was accompanied by co-incharge for the state Arjun Ram Meghwal, party's state chief Nainar Nagenthran, and Tamil Nadu in-charge Dr P Sudhakar Reddy. The BJP team was received by Palaniswami and his party seniors at a hotel here, where the talks commenced.

An insider said the BJP was likely to demand 30 seats, about ten more than it contested in the 2021 Assembly election, from the AIADMK.

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(Published 23 December 2025, 15:10 IST)