<p>Chennai: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, veteran Tamil actor R Sarath Kumar on Tuesday merged his Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) with the BJP.</p>.Tamil Nadu government will not implement CAA, says CM Stalin. <p>In the presence of AISMK office-bearers and BJP Tamil Nadu unit president K Annamalai, Kumar merged his party with the saffron party.</p>. <p>Welcoming Kumar and his party cadres and office-bearers, Annamalai said AISMK has integrated itself fully with the BJP which marks their journey in the 'national mainstream.'</p><p>The 'BJP family has become extended even more' with the arrival of AISMK members, he said.</p><p>The merger event reinforces the commitment of the party to send more MPs to Parliament from Tamil Nadu, he said.</p><p>Kumar, betting on the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his party workers here, said, "Modi would helm the nation further, towards fostering unity and nurture economic growth".</p><p>Ending the scourge of drugs and ensuring the welfare of the youths is bright under Modi's leadership, he said.</p><p>Sixty-nine-year-old Kumar appealed to his party workers to work towards bringing the BJP to power in Tamil Nadu following polls to the State Assembly in 2026.</p><p>After being in the DMK, which sent him to the Rajya Sabha, Kumar quit that party and joined the AIADMK and eventually founded the AISMK in 2007.</p>
<p>Chennai: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, veteran Tamil actor R Sarath Kumar on Tuesday merged his Akila Indiya Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) with the BJP.</p>.Tamil Nadu government will not implement CAA, says CM Stalin. <p>In the presence of AISMK office-bearers and BJP Tamil Nadu unit president K Annamalai, Kumar merged his party with the saffron party.</p>. <p>Welcoming Kumar and his party cadres and office-bearers, Annamalai said AISMK has integrated itself fully with the BJP which marks their journey in the 'national mainstream.'</p><p>The 'BJP family has become extended even more' with the arrival of AISMK members, he said.</p><p>The merger event reinforces the commitment of the party to send more MPs to Parliament from Tamil Nadu, he said.</p><p>Kumar, betting on the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his party workers here, said, "Modi would helm the nation further, towards fostering unity and nurture economic growth".</p><p>Ending the scourge of drugs and ensuring the welfare of the youths is bright under Modi's leadership, he said.</p><p>Sixty-nine-year-old Kumar appealed to his party workers to work towards bringing the BJP to power in Tamil Nadu following polls to the State Assembly in 2026.</p><p>After being in the DMK, which sent him to the Rajya Sabha, Kumar quit that party and joined the AIADMK and eventually founded the AISMK in 2007.</p>