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NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Annamalai met enactment nationalist president Nitin Nabin and wide caput BL Santosh successful New Delhi connected Tuesday.The gathering comes amid speculations that Annamalai is readying to permission the BJP and motorboat a caller governmental party, though not immediately.
According to sources, Annamalai has been having superior differences with the enactment enactment for respective months.Also work | TOI Exclusive: Annamalai to discontinue BJP, motorboat caller governmental partyOn Monday, erstwhile asked astir the reports and speculation surrounding his adjacent move, Annamalai said, "Please wait. We volition beryllium down and speech successful 2 days."The speculation has intensified up of Annamalai's day connected June 4, with posters carrying slogans specified arsenic "Our Leader, Come and Lead Us" appearing on cardinal roads and streets successful the city.The governmental developments travel successful the backdrop of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, which marked a large displacement successful the state's governmental landscape. TVK won 108 seats successful its debut election, ending the decades-long dominance of the DMK and AIADMK formations.Following the victory, Vijay assumed bureau arsenic the 13th main curate of Tamil Nadu aft securing the enactment of 120 MLAs successful the 234-member Assembly. Governor Arlekar administered the oath of bureau to Vijay and his Cabinet, which includes ministers 'Bussy' N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KA Sengottaiyan, KG Arunraaj, P Venkataramanan, CTR Nirmal Kumar, A Rajmohan, Keerthana and KT Prabhu.
A erstwhile IPS officer, Annamalai joined the BJP successful 2020 and led the party's Tamil Nadu portion from 2021 to 2025. During this period, helium became 1 of the BJP's salient leaders successful the authorities done extended outreach campaigns and gained sizeable enactment among young voters and connected societal media. Speculation surrounding his governmental aboriginal has grown since the 2026 Assembly elections.
