After being replaced as TN BJP chief, Annamalai has distanced himself from party affairs, stepping back from key organisational roles. He also largely stayed away from the BJP’s poll campaign.
The Dravidian identity, artificially created during colonial rule, is about racially dividing Indians between the Aryan north and the Dravidian south. It also has a caste component of virulent anti-Brahminism.
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.
As a former Indian Ambassador to the Netherlands, I take pride in the fact that the first Durga Puja there, organised by its 200,000-strong diaspora, was held during my tenure.
Defence ministry proposes 8-10 week courses for out-boarded cadets but affidavit says earlier proposals to grant disability pension and ex-servicemen status were not accepted.
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