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Days aft BJP erstwhile State president K. Annamalai met the party’s nationalist leadership to convey his determination to exit the party, BJP Tamil Nadu president Nainar Nagenthran connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) said helium had not received immoderate resignation missive from Mr. Annamalai.
Asked astir reports that Mr. Annamalai would soon interval his ain governmental outfit aft resigning from the BJP, Mr. Nagenthran told journalists astatine his residence successful Palayamkottai that the erstwhile BJP State president had not [publicly] said thing successful this connection.
According to him, lone the media was magnifying this contented and making a upland retired of a molehill.
“Mr. Annamalai, who is inactive discussing idiosyncratic and familial matters with me, has not said thing astir quitting the BJP. He was flying successful a peculiar chopper for electioneering successful the precocious concluded Assembly election. We person nary quality of opinion,” Mr. Nagenthran said.
On Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s show truthful far, helium said determination was nary quality betwixt the erstwhile DMK medication and the contiguous TVK government, arsenic much than 25 cases of intersexual battle connected women and 15 murders had been reported successful the past 23 days. Banned narcotic substances similar ganja were easy disposable everywhere. Like nether the DMK government, an further ₹10 per liquor vessel was being collected successful Tasmac shops, helium said.
He came down heavy connected Mr. Vijay for his caustic comments against the Opposition.
“While the Opposition parties person the close to criticise the authorities based connected its performance, the ruling party, too, has each close to contradict the charges being levelled against it. However, the Chief Minister, portion responding to the accusations of governmental opponents, should not utter objectionable words arsenic helium did portion addressing a nationalist gathering successful Tiruchi recently,” Mr. Nagenthran said.
The erstwhile MLA said the alleged theft of the hard disk containing details of a ₹400 crore-worth declaration of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation from its office showed the contiguous regime’s inefficiency.
On the TVK’s determination to springiness the lone Rajya Sabha spot from Tamil Nadu to the Congress, Mr. Nagenthran said the ruling enactment could beryllium the proxy of the Congress.
“The equine trading by the TVK has imposed unnecessary byelection connected the voters, who elected their representatives lone a period ago. People are precise overmuch upset implicit this benignant of politics,” helium said.
