Life Comes A Full Circle For ‘Angry Young Man’ Annamalai But He’s Here To Stay

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Last Updated:April 05, 2025, 12:43 IST

Before his resignation, Annamalai is believed to person been "made to understand" the nuanced concern which required a caller BJP main who tin enactment with a caller slate with AIADMK and is from a antithetic but arsenic important caste than Gounder

Annamalai erstwhile flogged himself six times extracurricular his residence successful Coimbatore to “take down each the evil”, referring to an incidental of intersexual battle of a 19-year-old pupil astatine Anna University. (PTI)

The politically inevitable has happened successful poll-bound Tamil Nadu wherever K Annamalai stepped down connected Friday, clearing the roadworthy for an confederation betwixt BJP and AIADMK, which was rocked due to the fact that of the charismatic authorities BJP president.

After a gathering with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K Palaniswami is speculated to conscionable Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his sojourn to Tamil Nadu erstwhile helium is scheduled to inaugurate the Pamban railway span disconnected the Rameswaram coast.

Life seems to person travel a afloat governmental ellipse for Annamalai who, flanked by his adjacent associates successful Coimbatore, announced that helium is not successful the contention for the confederate state’s BJP chief.

“There is nary contention successful Tamil Nadu BJP, we volition prime a person unanimously. But I americium not successful the race. I americium not successful the BJP authorities enactment race," said the erstwhile cop. Election is owed for Tamil Nadu BJP’s organisation up of predetermination of the BJP’s nationalist president.

THE ANGRY, YOUNG MAN

Annamalai, the assertive look of BJP successful a authorities wherever it is yet to beryllium considered a superior player, and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) person had a analyzable and often strained relationship, peculiarly successful the discourse of Tamil Nadu’s governmental scenery starring up to the 2026 assembly elections.

During J Jayalalithaa’s tenure, past PM aspirant Narendra Modi had a lukewarm narration with her and hence the party. However, Annamalai’s accomplishment connected the governmental country and Jayalalithaa’s decease changed overmuch connected ground. Though the BJP and AIADMK were allies wrong the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) during the 2019 wide predetermination and the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the erstwhile bull had unconventional readying to make a larger ballot stock for the saffron party. His outspoken disapproval of AIADMK icons, including erstwhile leaders CN Annadurai and Jayalalithaa were not received good by the erstwhile ally. It yet led to a full-blown warfare successful September 2023 erstwhile EPS formally severed ties with the BJP, citing Annamalai’s behaviour arsenic the superior reason. However, Modi and Shah backed the BJP authorities chief’s ways to enlarge the party’s electoral pastry successful the state.

“Till the DMK authorities is not overthrown, I volition locomotion barefoot. I’m requesting the people, delight look into each this," helium announced past year, citing law-and-order problems successful the state. In different instance, Annamalai promised to flog himself six times extracurricular his residence successful Coimbatore to “take down each the evil", referring to an incidental of intersexual battle of a 19-year-old pupil astatine Anna University. Making a large spectacle, helium so flogged himself. Such actions were meant to capitalise connected the anti-establishment sentiment successful Tamil Nadu portion AIADMK was seen to beryllium passive astir raising issues.

WHAT’S NEXT?

But governmental realities up of adjacent year’s assembly predetermination successful the authorities demanded that the BJP allies with its erstwhile state — the AIADMK.

“With respect to the alliance, you person to recognize that for a nationalist enactment similar the BJP, a disciplined party, it is our nationalist enactment that volition decide. So, we person committees, we person parliamentary boards which look into a batch of angles earlier they marque the decision," Annamalai precocious said portion blaming the state’s antithetic five-cornered contest.

As of aboriginal 2025, the BJP’s cardinal enactment became keen to rekindle its confederation with AIADMK to fortify its presumption against the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) successful 2026. A cardinal infinitesimal was the March 25, 2025, gathering betwixt EPS and Shah successful New Delhi, that signalled a thaw successful relations.

But it wasn’t casual for AIADMK to hide the ‘angry young man’ persona of Annamalai that critiqued its apical leaders who whitethorn not beryllium astir anymore but inactive bid respect successful a conception of Tamil society.

During a imaginable confederation talk, Annamalai’s caste besides proved to beryllium a roadblock. Both Annamalai and EPS hail from the Gounder assemblage successful occidental Tamil Nadu. The BJP apical enactment was keen to person a BJP main who is from different caste to widen the imaginable ballot stock adjacent year. Well earlier his resignation, Annamalai is believed to person been “made to understand" the nuanced concern which required a caller BJP main who tin enactment with a caller slate with AIADMK and is from a antithetic but arsenic important caste than Gounder.

News18 has learnt that deficiency of enactment from emerging parties similar Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) was 1 of the reasons for the unreserved of this determination to necktie the confederation earlier it captures the imaginativeness of voters.

Understandably, Annamalai’s supporters are upset, with galore giving media reactions suggesting him to interval his ain outfit. However, sources suggest that is acold from a information for the young person who emerged arsenic the look of fierce absorption successful the authorities successful a abbreviated period. Names similar L Murugan, Tamilisai Soundararajan, oregon Nainar Nagendran are present being considered to regenerate him. As for Annamalai, BJP sources suggest they person ‘bigger plans’ for the leader, who is said to person impressed adjacent the premier curate successful this abbreviated stint and it is present being actively considered to bring him to New Delhi.

Last year, up of Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi had said successful an interrogation to a section channel: “Annamalai is attracting the youth. They spot him and deliberation that if wealth and corruption were the reasons down his conduct, past helium could person joined the DMK. Annamalai chose the BJP not for idiosyncratic reasons, but for nationalist reasons."

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