K Annamalai To Step Down As Tamil Nadu BJP Chief? He Says... | Read

Adding fuel to speculation that he may be replaced as the president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, K Annamalai has said that he is not in the running to be the next state chief of the party. 

BJP sources said AIADMK chief Edapaddi K Palaniswami has made Mr Annamalai's removal a precondition for allying with the party again ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections next year. Mr Annamalai's criticism of AIADMK leaders was seen as a key reason for the party snapping ties with the BJP in 2023. 

Replying to a question in Coimbatore on Saturday, Mr Annamalai said, "I am not in the race to become the next president of the Tamil Nadu BJP".