Ahead of the TN assembly elections next year, the political climate in Tamil Nadu has begun to heat up, with rumours abuzz that the BJP and AIADMK may reunite. Speculation began after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the general secretary of the AIADMK, met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday. The meeting has sparked intense suspicion that the AIADMK and the BJP may re-establish their alliance before the state's assembly elections next year.