Annamalai LIVE Updates: After BJP exit, K Annamalai unveils plan for new political party in Tamil Nadu

Annamalai has announced a new party after quitting BJP ([email protected])

Annamalai Live Updates: Hours after stepping down from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), K Annamalai on Friday announced that he would launch a new political party and contest the next Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Addressing supporters through social media, Annamalai said he had left the BJP respectfully in order to pursue a different political vision. He said his ambitions extended beyond the current framework and stressed the need to bring more people together under a new political platform.

“I have quit BJP in a dignified manner to create a new kind of politics,” he said, adding that a “new path, a new movement, a new political movement” would begin from Friday. He also confirmed that the proposed party would enter the fray in the next state elections.

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According to Annamalai, the movement he plans to build should be rooted in fresh ideas and offer a different perspective from the ground level. The former Tamil Nadu BJP president said he had communicated his decision to the party before the state elections. “There was a constant conflict over whether I was a BJP person or a Tamilian,” he said. Annamalai added that he informed the party on December 4, 2025, about his intention to resign, but was asked to remain until the elections were over.

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