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Annamalai may bow out, likely to get 'bigger post'
The Morning Standard
|April 02, 2025
IF the BJP leadership decides to remove K Annamalai, president of Tamil Nadu BJP, to make way for someone who can help sew up an alliance with AIADMK, it will be done in a manner that will recognise his efforts.
IF the BJP leadership decides to remove K Annamalai, president of Tamil Nadu BJP, to make way for someone who can help sew up an alliance with AIADMK, it will be done in a manner that will recognise his efforts. Sources said given the track record of Annamalai in TN, he is unlikely to be demoted.
A senior party leader said the removal of Annamalai was one of the key conditions put forth by AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palanisami when he met Home Minister Amit Shah last week.
This story is from the April 02, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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