Who Is Nainar Nagenthran? Tirunelveli MLA All Set To Change Annamalai As Tamil Nadu BJP President | India Information
Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Race: Tamil Nadu’s political dynamics are altering quick with the AIADMK and the BJP set to hitch fingers within the wake of the meeting elections due subsequent 12 months. Union House Minister Amit Shah is in Chennai immediately and is prone to meet AIADMK leaders to advance the alliance talks. Notably, outgoing Tamil Nadu BJP president Ok Annamalai didn’t share a superb relationship with the AIADMK management and it was Annamalai behind the autumn of the AIADMK’s ties with the BJP. Now, the BJP and AIADMK leaders need to rebuild their ties and thus, Annamalai has been requested to work to strengthen the occasion cadre and grassroots assist forward of the polls. In the meantime, Nainar Nagenthran is prone to turn out to be the following Tamil Nadu BJP chief.
Who Is Nainar Nagenthran?
Nagenthran joined the BJP in 2017. Nainar Nagenthran is a BJP MLA from the Tirunelveli meeting seat. What’s fascinating is that he was earlier with the AIADMK, and thus, has good ties with the leaders of his former occasion. Since solely Nagenthran has filed the nomination for the put up, he’s prone to be elected unopposed.
Nagendran turned a legislator for the primary time in 2001 from the Tirunelveli seat.
In the course of the AIADMK authorities led by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa from 2001 to 2006, he served because the Minister overseeing Transport, Industries, and Electrical energy. Though he was re-elected from the identical constituency in 2011 when AIADMK returned to energy, he was not included within the Cupboard. Within the 2016 Meeting elections, he narrowly misplaced the seat by roughly 600 votes. Nevertheless, in 2021, he made a comeback, profitable the seat as a BJP candidate and was subsequently named the Legislature Get together Chief within the Tamil Nadu Meeting.
Amit Shah In Chennai
Union House Minister Amit Shah arrived in Chennai within the early hours of Friday to carry key discussions geared toward reviving the BJP’s alliance with the AIADMK forward of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Meeting elections. Shah is prone to meet AIADMK Common Secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami (EPS), together with senior leaders of the Dravidian main. These discussions are anticipated to play a decisive position in formalising the alliance.
BJP-AIADMK Alliance
The BJP- AIADMK alliance, which had been intact for a number of years, collapsed in September 2023. The fallout was largely attributed to tensions sparked by controversial statements made by Ok. Annamalai in opposition to iconic Dravidian leaders comparable to C.N. Annadurai (Anna) and J. Jayalalithaa. These remarks deeply upset the AIADMK management and led to the alliance’s breakdown. Notably, the alliance had produced important ends in the 2021 Meeting elections, with the BJP profitable 4 seats and the AIADMK securing 66. Nevertheless, relations deteriorated after Annamalai was appointed as state BJP president.
The affect of the break up was seen within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the place each events suffered main setbacks. Recognising the political vacuum in Tamil Nadu, a number of senior RSS leaders have reportedly urged the BJP central management to rebuild ties with a significant Dravidian occasion — viewing AIADMK as the one viable possibility, with the DMK being thought of a political adversary.
