‘Can not quarrel, not within the race’: Annamalai on Tamil Nadu BJP president put up
Tamil Nadu BJP President Okay Annamalai on Friday clarified that he’s not in competition for the put up of the brand new state unit chief, mentioning that there is no such thing as a room for inside contests in his celebration because the president is chosen unanimously.
“I’m not within the race for the put up of the brand new state president,” he instructed reporters.
Addressing hypothesis about his function within the management transition, he added, “I’m not prepared for any quarrel (associated to the subsequent chief and whether or not he has any desire for any specific chief), and I’m not within the race.”
What Annamalai mentioned a couple of doable alliance with AIADMK
Annamalai’s remarks come simply days after AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami met Union house minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, together with different senior celebration members. The assembly sparked hypothesis a couple of doable revival of the BJP-AIADMK alliance forward of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Meeting elections. Nonetheless, neither celebration formally clarified the aim of the assembly.
Reacting to stories that AIADMK management wished him eliminated as Tamil Nadu BJP president to smoothen the trail for an alliance forward of the 2026 Meeting elections, Okay Annamalai declined to remark, information company ANI reported.
“So far as I’m involved, the BJP ought to do effectively for all instances to come back, we are going to discuss on the time of election of latest president,” he mentioned, including that the management change “may occur quickly.”
When requested why he wasn’t within the race for the president’s put up, Annamalai defined that the BJP doesn’t maintain inside contests for such positions. “The place is the scope for a contest? And that’s the reason I mentioned I’m not within the race for the put up,” he mentioned.
Annamalai affirmed his dedication to persevering with work as a celebration member. “I’ll do the work assigned to me by the celebration, and there’s no downside for me,” he mentioned, reiterating his stance towards corruption. “I got here to politics opposing corruption, and there will likely be no compromise in that respect.”
On the upcoming 2026 elections, he mentioned they had been essential for the individuals and questioned whether or not the state ought to endure “5 extra years beneath the DMK regime.” He added, “We have to think about all this stuff.”
AIADMK had earlier accused Annamalai of attacking its leaders, together with the celebration founder and former chief minister CN Annadurai and the late CM J Jayalalithaa.
The AIADMK had entered into an alliance with the BJP following the loss of life of J Jayalalithaa in 2016. The DMK emerged victorious within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the 2021 Tamil Nadu Meeting elections, and once more within the 2024 normal elections.
AIADMK and BJP contested the 2021 state elections collectively, with the BJP securing 4 seats. Nonetheless, the alliance resulted in 2023.
(With ANI, PTI inputs)
