‘Not Looking for To Proceed’: Ok Annamalai Bows Out Of Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Race Forward Of 2026 Polls – News18
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Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai’s remarks got here amid the hypothesis over a doable alliance of the outdated allies, BJP and the AIADMK
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Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai has stated that he’s not within the race to be the subsequent state chief of the social gathering. He stated that there isn’t a scope for a contest or competitors within the social gathering and the subsequent president can be elected unanimously.
“I’m not within the race for the publish of the brand new state president…I’m not prepared for any quarrel and I’m not within the race.” information company ANI quoted Annamalai as saying when requested whether or not he’s a part of the race for the publish of Tamil Nadu BJP president.
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: State BJP chief Ok Annamalai says, “There is no such thing as a contest in Tamil Nadu BJP, we’ll choose a frontrunner unanimously. However I’m not within the race. I’m not within the BJP state management race.” pic.twitter.com/7OjdbOoTWR— ANI (@ANI) April 4, 2025
On the reported view that the AIADMK management was for relieving him out of workplace of state unit president to forge an alliance with the BJP, Annamalai stated he was not inclined to make any remark.
“So far as I’m involved, the BJP ought to do nicely for all occasions to come back, we’ll speak on the time of election of latest president,” he stated and added that it might occur quickly.
He stated that his work as a celebration employee would proceed and asserted he got here to politics opposing corruption and there might be no compromise in that respect.
“I need the social gathering to have a shiny future. Many have given their lives for the expansion of this social gathering. I at all times want one of the best for this social gathering,” he stated.
He reiterated that alliance selections relaxation with BJP’s nationwide management. “With respect to the alliance, it’s a must to perceive that for a nationwide social gathering just like the BJP, a disciplined social gathering, it’s our nationwide management that may resolve. So, we’ve committees, we’ve parliamentary boards which look into loads of angles earlier than they make the choice.”
His remarks got here amid the hypothesis over a doable alliance of the outdated allies, BJP and the AIADMK, in a bid to outset MK Stalin’s ruling DMK within the subsequent 12 months’s meeting elections. Annamalai’s criticism of AIADMK leaders was seen as a key purpose for the social gathering snapping ties with the BJP in 2023.
The hypothesis over revival of the BJP-AIADMK alliance got here after AIADMK chief and former Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami met Union House Minister Amit Shah earlier this week.
BJP Places Ball In Annamalai’s Courtroom
In the meantime, it has been reported that the BJP central management prefers to proceed with Annamalai because the state unit chief if he’s keen to work in an alliance with the AIADMK for the 2026 Meeting elections.
Though the BJP didn’t win a single seat in Tamil Nadu within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the social gathering noticed a superb rise in vote share below Annamalai’s management.
In response to The New Indian Specific report, the BJP management has weighed in for the alliance with AIADMK for the upcoming elections, nonetheless, it doesn’t need the alliance to materialise at the price of Annamalai’s place.
“The ball is in Annamalai’s court docket,” a senior chief instructed the information outlet, including that in his current go to to Delhi, it was made clear to him that the AIADMK-BJP alliance is of utmost significance for the Meeting polls.
(With inputs from businesses)
