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Not in race for next BJP state president, says Annamalai
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|April 05, 2025
IN a move to end speculation about his position, BJP's Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai said on Friday that he is not in the race for the next party president's post.
Speaking to reporters at the Coimbatore International Airport on Friday, Annamalai said he would continue to work for the party as a cadre and there is no compromise against corruption. On the reported view that the AIADMK leadership was for easing him out of office of state unit president to forge an alliance with the BJP for the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, Annamalai said he was not inclined to make any comments.
This story is from the April 05, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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