Former chief of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party K Annamalai quit the organisation on Friday, with the BJP formally accepting his resignation from its primary membership, ANI reported.
In a video message after his resignation, Annamalai said that he would launch a new political party that would contest the next Assembly elections expected to be held in 2031. “Today, we are going to start a movement,” he said.
He resigned from the Hindutva party less than a month after the National Democratic Alliance lost the Assembly elections in the state.
Annamalai said that he had informed the BJP leadership of his intention to resign on December 4, but had been asked to remain in the party until the work related to the state polls was completed.
He said he had joined the Hindutva party “for a positive change” but the time had come to build a new platform. “I have come to the conclusion that our views don’t align regarding Tamil Nadu”, ANI quoted his resignation letter as saying.
In his video message, he expressed respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but said that after a certain level “small problems keep creeping up”. Annamalai added that he did not want to be a recurring problem for the party leadership.
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