Annamalai was replaced as BJP state president last year. However, Home Minister Amit Shah had indicated the party would continue to utilise his organizational skills.
After LDF govt's Global Ayyappa Conclave in Pampa, which pitched the temple as an inclusive space, another conference was held by Sabarimala Karma Samithi and BJP to 'protect' it.
BJP still seems to view AIADMK as a potential Shiv Sena in the making—a party it could fracture at some stage and then acquire a large part of its vote base.
Unanimously elected, Nainar Nagendran replaces outgoing president K. Annamalai. A former AIADMK leader, Nagendran was the only one to file the nomination papers for the post.
The controversy erupted after BJP president K. Annamalai blamed the education quality in the state for the drop in students clearing the Union Public Service Commission exam.
The state BJP chief, back from 3-month fellowship in UK, has resumed leadership of party before next yr’s polls. Analysts see his softening on AIADMK as tactic to woo party's voter base.
BJP has put a six-member panel led by H Raja, who comes from a background vastly different from Annamalai’s. He is waging an ideological battle against government in Tamil Nadu.
Known for controversial statements & being a crowd-puller, the actor-politician, who had resigned as NCW chief, returns at a time when BJP state chief Annamalai is going on study leave.
Annamalai was at helm of party’s campaign in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls, but BJP did not win any seats. He himself failed to secure win in Coimbatore, considered a BJP stronghold.
Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.
The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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