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NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP main K Annamalai said helium had voluntarily opted retired of contesting the upcoming assembly elections.“I had already informed the halfway committee successful penning that I would not contention from immoderate constituency.
So, it is not that I was denied a ticket; the information is that I decided not to contest," helium said."Since this has go a taxable of treatment successful the media, I americium clarifying it here. I americium grateful to the BJP enactment for respecting my determination and giving maine the accidental to run successful enactment of the NDA confederation candidates,” Annamalai added further.The BJP leader, who was campaigning successful Kannur successful Kerala, has been asked to instrumentality to Chennai to conscionable Modi connected Saturday morning.Union curate Piyush Goyal, who released the party’s campaigner list, said Annamalai had chosen to absorption connected campaigning crossed the authorities alternatively than contesting from a azygous constituency.“Annamalai is simply a dedicated idiosyncratic of the enactment and has chosen to enactment crossed the authorities alternatively than contention from 1 constituency,” Goyal said, adding that candidates were selected based connected inputs from the authorities portion and idiosyncratic preferences.
Moments aft the database was announced, Annamalai said connected X that helium would run for NDA candidates.“I americium a karyakarta and volition basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis & run for each our winning BJP & different NDA candidates, with the purpose of the NDA winning 210 seats,” helium said.The BJP has fielded Nainar Nagenthran from Sattur, Tamilisai Soundararajan from Mylapore, Vanathi Srinivasan from Coimbatore (North), and Union curate L.
Murugan from Avinashi.Within the party, Annamalai’s lack from the ballot has sparked debate. A elder person said helium drew ample crowds astatine rallies addressed by Modi successful Madurai and Madurantakam and enjoyed enactment among younger voters.“His lack from the ballot could impact mobilisation and springiness absorption parties abstraction to question interior decisions linked to the alliance,” the person said.Others, however, emphasised that the determination was portion of a broader electoral strategy.“The enactment is not centred connected 1 individual. The enactment decides alliances and campaigner enactment based connected longterm strategy,” different elder person said.Annamalai’s reduced relation wrong the enactment has been noted implicit the past year. He was replaced arsenic authorities president, and his power waned aft the BJP and the AIADMK renewed ties nether a woody negotiated by Union location curate Amit Shah and AIADMK person Edappadi K.
Palaniswami successful April 2025. He was besides not portion of seat-sharing talks oregon cardinal decision-making teams.In February 2026, helium was made canvass in-charge for six seats and aboriginal stepped backmost from ceremonial roles citing idiosyncratic reasons, portion continuing inheritance run enactment successful parts of Coimbatore that were yet not allotted to the BJP.Leaders seen arsenic adjacent to him, including Amarprasad Reddy and SG Suryah, were besides not fielded.Meanwhile, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya described Annamalai arsenic the party’s “most fashionable leader” and expressed assurance successful his run role."Annamalai is the astir fashionable person of the BJP, not conscionable successful Tamil Nadu, but helium commands a ample pursuing each implicit the country. He has been fixed the work of campaigning for each the candidates successful Tamil Nadu. Even today, helium is successful Keralam wherever helium enjoys a large following. He is besides campaigning successful Puducherry, wherever radical are brainsick astir him. I americium highly assured that Annamalai's popularity and his run each crossed Tamil Nadu volition construe into triumph for the BJP candidates each crossed the state.
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