The BJP made a great sacrifice before the alliance with the AIADMK at Tamil Nadu. The party decided to withdraw the strong leader of the Tamil Nadu and the popular Annamalai from the post of president on the Hindi belt. In agreement with the decision of the High Command of the Party, Annamalai had declared at Coimbatore airport that what Amit Shah will say in this case would be the last. Annamalai said, “I am a party worker and the party goes first. As I said to Delhi, there will be no problem for anyone.”
With this statement, Annamalai clearly said that the BJP should not hesitate to join Aiadmk.
Significantly, the party of the ancient CM Jayalalithaa aiadmk was a strong party of the Tamil Nadu. AIADMK was in power from 2011 to 2021. After the death of Jayalalithaa, the MK Stalin DMK came to power in 2021. The next state election is now in 2026.
As president of Tamil Nadu BJP, Annamalai, CN Annamarai and Jayalalithaa, who had become an ideological symbol of the AIADMK, criticized it. Angry against that, Aiadmk broke the links with the BJP in September 2023 and was out of the NDA.
During the general elections of 2024, the two parties had to bear the loss of this separation.
AIADMK was unable to win one of the 39 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Annamalai, who participated in Coimbatore, also suffered a defeat.
Double -digit voting percentage at 3.5%
However, Annamalai at 40 has increased the presence of BJP at Tamil Nadu. His trip “N Mana, N Makkal” and his aggressive position against DMK made him popular on young people and social media. The BJP may not win seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, but the party’s voting share increased from 3.5% to 11.2%, which is credited to them. The party would in no case want to lose this momentum.
But the defeat of 2024 turned out to be an important turning point in the political life of Annamalai, 40. Before the assembly elections in 2026, the BJP took a big step and decided to form an alliance with AIADMK. Given the political atmosphere of the state, it was also a chance for the AIADMK.
But AIADMK put the first condition for this alliance that Annamalai is to be withdrawn from the post of president. AIADMK took its clear position during its meeting with Amit Shah.
Given the compulsions of the Alliance, the BJP agreed to withdraw Annamalai from the post of president. The BJP also gave its message to Annamalai.
But the BJP will never demonstrate Annamalai, who communicated the enthusiasm in the context of the BJP at Tamil Nadu. Doing this before the elections would give a negative message as part of the BJP.
Annamalai is the best for the BJP at Tamil Nadu
The founder of the V-Voter, Yashwant Deshmukh, said in a conversation with the New Indian Express. “The BJP will not demonstrate Annamalai in alliance with Aiadmk. Deshmukh said:” He is the best candidate for the BJP at Tamil Nadu. “”
Deshmukh said: “There is no leader in the southern state other than the one at the top in terms of popularity. The party has lost its speed of 25 years due to the unhappy death of the former Minister of Union P Rangarajan Kumaramalam in 2000. The superstar Rajinikanth was politically non -issuing after the party.
Poignant to bring Annamalai into the center policy, Yashwant Deshmukh said: “The BJP can promote it as a Minister of the Union and replace it with someone who can run well by AIADMK and DMK Anti -Small of the games.”
Strategy to present as “promotion”
Messages on certain reports and X also claim that Annamalai can be brought to Rajya Sabha or included in the Cabinet of the Union. This step can be a strategy to present its image of “promotion” instead of “demonic”, so that the BJP support base at Tamil Nadu is not damaged.
The magazine wrote in one of its reports that in the elections of Lok Sabha, under the direction of Annamalai, the BJP also disputing a separate election of the AIADMK
Despite the break of the alliance with the AIADMK, he managed to obtain a share of voting (11.2%) with two figures. In such a situation, the party does not want to keep them sitting empty. Rather, she wants to prepare for the future by giving a chance at the national level.
The magazine cited sources saying that Annamalai could have a chance in the next reshuffle in place of the Murugan, which has become minister at the Center du quota du Tamil Nadu. El Murugan, a dalit face of Tamil Nadu, is a deputy for Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh. Sources indicate that in 2026, Murugan can be sent to the state policy and contest the elections to the Assembly, while Annamalai can be sent to Rajya Sabha in his place.
It is said that the Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah, can visit the Tamil Nadu on April 10. Meanwhile, they can make a few announcements on state leadership.
