# AIADMK enters 55th year as Palaniswami calls for unity

> The party general secretary appeals to cadres to defeat political challenges as AIADMK marks five decades in Tamil Nadu politics.
- Title: AIADMK enters 55th year as Palaniswami calls for unity
- Summary: The party general secretary appeals to cadres to defeat political challenges as AIADMK marks five decades in Tamil Nadu politics. AIADMK general secretary…
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- Author: The Hindu Bureau
- Published: 2026-10-16T09:24:59+00:00
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## Party marks 55 years in politics
As the AIADMK enters its fifty-fifth year, party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami appealed to cadres for unity and commitment on Friday, October sixteen, two thousand twenty-six.
## Palaniswami on party and cadres
For me, the party and cadres are not two different things. The party is my breath and cadres are my pulse, Palaniswami said in a four-page open letter to party cadres.

> For me, the party and cadres are not two different things. The party is my breath and cadres are my pulse
## Surviving five decades of opposition
Even though several political rivals and traitors attempted to work against the party over the past five decades, the AIADMK marched ahead with massive cadre support by crushing conspiracies.
## Two thousand twenty-six election results
The AIADMK alliance secured over one point three five crore votes collectively, and AIADMK candidates won forty-seven seats in the two thousand twenty-six Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
## Glamour politics versus principles
Glamour-driven politics is like a bubble and could burst anytime, but the AIADMK, built by principles and sacrifices, is a colossal public movement that can live through the test of times.

> Glamour-driven politics is like a bubble and it could burst anytime. But our party, built by principles and sacrifices, is a colossal public movement that can live through the test of times
## Accusations against TVK government
Palaniswami charged that the TVK-led government is focusing on weakening the AIADMK through horse trading instead of resolving challenges facing the people and alleged deterioration of law and order.
## Party founded on principles, not power
Responding to attempts to weaken the party, Palaniswami asserted that the AIADMK movement did not come together for power but for principles, and cadres trained under M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa would not fall for conspiracies.

> This movement did not come together for power but for principles
## Key takeaway

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami called for party unity and commitment as the party entered its fifty-fifth year, citing the alliance's over one point three five crore votes and forty-seven seat wins in the two thousand twenty-six Assembly elections.