‘Wait for two days’: Annamalai on speculation of floating new party

Amid speculation of him floating a new party, former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Monday asked people to wait for two days before he publicaly announces his next course of action.

Annamalai, who was sacked as Tamil Nadu unit president by the BJP allegedly after objections from the saffron party’s ally AIADMK before Assembly elections, is set to meet party’s national president Nitin Nabin in Delhi.

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Begore leaving for the national capital, reporters asked him to address the speculation surrounding his exit from the saffron party. “Please wait. We will sit down and talk in two days,” he said in response.

The disgruntled BJP leader is expected to address a press conference in two days to announce his decision on his future with the saffron party and formation of his own political outfit.

According to reports citing an unnamed BJP leader, Annamalai feels there is no opportunity left for him in the BJP.

Reports also suggetsed that he is certain to float his own party, which may contest the five Assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu, necessitated by the resignation of four AIADMK MLAs and CM Vijay from one of the two constituencies he won.

Speculations over Annamalai’s political future have recently gathered momemtum after posters were put up across Coimbatore, featuring the BJP leader’s name and the slogan: “Fearless minds gave no limits”. This has prompted many to assume that he could be gearing up to launch his new political party.

Notably, the posters were placed at a time when the saffron party convened its state central committee meeting in the city. Annamalai remained absent from the meeting as he is currently abroad.

Adding to the buzz, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram wrote on X, “One more political party in TN is in the offing, the churn accelerates. (MS- there is an interesting logic to the proposed name).”

Besides this, speculations have been fulled by some of his recent public positions. Annamalai had publicly took a stand against the CBSE’s decision to implement the three-language policy for Class 9 students from the current academic year.

A few days ago, the BJP leader even asked the Ministry of Education to withdraw its notification in this regard.