NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday said that the party will select the leader unanimously, and also added that he is not in the race.
This remark comes amid the speculation over a possible revival of the BJP-AIADMK alliance, aiming to unseat MK Stalin‘s ruling DMK.
“There is no contest in Tamil Nadu BJP, we will select a leader unanimously. But I am not in the race. I am not in the BJP state leadership race,” Annamalai said while interacting with reporters.
The speculation peculation over revival of the BJP-AIADMK alliance came after AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami met Union home minister Amit Shah earlier this week.
Earlier, on March 28, Annamalai described the 2026 elections as an opportunity to dethrone the DMK, citing corruption allegations and a “deteriorating law and order situation” in the state.
“The DMK should be brought down from power and no vote should get wasted by the votes getting shifted between different parties. Tamil Nadu, as of now, has a five-cornered contest. Nowhere else in the Indian politics you see a five-cornered contest,” he said.
He reiterated that alliance decisions rest with BJP’s national leadership. “With respect to the alliance, you have to understand that for a national party like the BJP, a disciplined party, it is our national leadership that will decide. So, we have committees, we have parliamentary boards which look into a lot of angles before they make the decision.”
