'Serious differences with leadership for months': Annamalai to quit BJP, launch new political party

CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai volition discontinue the enactment “in a mates of days” aft gathering enactment nationalist president Nitin Nabin and Union location curate Amit Shah successful Delhi connected Tuesday.Sources confirmed that Annamalai volition motorboat a caller governmental party, though not immediately.Sources added Annamalai has been having superior differences with the enactment enactment for respective months. While helium wanted BJP to physique its organisational spot without aligning with AIADMK, the nationalist enactment insisted connected the confederation with the sole volition of defeating DMK.Annamalai posters successful CoimbatoreGiant posters person been enactment up by supporters of Annamalai crossed Coimbatore connected Monday amid reports of his increasing differences with the BJP leadership.The posters, carrying slogans specified arsenic “Our Leader, Come and Lead Us,” person appeared connected large roads and streets successful the metropolis up of Annamalai’s birthday. A erstwhile IPS officer, Annamalai joined the BJP successful 2020 and served arsenic the party’s Tamil Nadu president from 2021 to 2025. During his tenure, helium emerged arsenic 1 of the party’s astir disposable faces successful the state, undertaking statewide campaigns and attracting important enactment among younker and societal media users.

Speculation astir his adjacent determination intensified aft the 2026 assembly elections. His caller disapproval of the Centre’s determination to beforehand the implementation of the three-language argumentation for Class IX students has besides triggered this speech among governmental debate.