PTR interview: BJP’s double engine a joke | Tamil Nadu Election 2026

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In an interview ahead of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Palanivel Thiagarajan, the minister for Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu, sits with TNM’s Pooja Prasanna, outlines the DMK government’s performance and its pitch for a second term.

He argues that the state is witnessing relatively low anti-incumbency and says governance has focused on improving efficiency, expanding welfare delivery, and building a data-driven administrative system.

On politics, he reflects on how earlier contests between DMK and AIADMK were largely about performance, but says the current landscape with BJP involved, has a broader ideological contest, including questions of identity, federalism, and Centre–State relations.

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