K Annamalai has updated his X (formerly Twitter) bio after parting ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He described himself as a "common man in search
of good politics", changing it from "BJP Karyakartha". Annamalai, who quit BJP on Friday, said his goals are bigger and that he would launch a new political party with an inclusive agenda and fight the next polls in Tamil Nadu. Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai resigned from the party's primary membership on Friday, and BJP chief Nitin Nabin accepted the resignation. Annamalai is learnt to have tendered his resignation during his recent visit to Delhi. "The National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Nabin, has accepted the resignation submitted by the Tamil Nadu Ex-State President, K Annamalai, from the primary membership of the party," BJP national general secretary Arun Singh said in a statement on Friday. In a social media address, Annamalai, who had been with the BJP for about six years, said: "I have quit BJP in a dignified manner, to usher in a new kind of politics." Read More - 'I Quit BJP With Respect': Annamalai Says 'Views Don't Align' on Tamil Nadu, Plans New Political Movement "The goals are bigger and more people have to be taken along and from today onwards, a new path, a new movement, a new political movement," he said, adding a new party would be launched which would fight the next polls in the state. The new movement proposed to be launched must, from the foundation level, have new dimensions and a new perspective, he said. Annamalai travelled to Delhi to meet with party leadership amid speculation about his potential resignation and plans to establish a new political party. He met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday at his residence to discuss the matter. Annamalai was believed to have been rather upset since being replaced by Nainar Nagenthran as the Tamil Nadu BJP president and following the revival of the electoral alliance with the AIADMK in preparation for the 2026 Assembly elections in the state.
