Despite Annamalai leaving the party, it does not prove that BJP abandons its leaders or allies. History shows BJP’s coalition politics has been the strategy of taking allies along.
Tamil Nadu BJP leader K Annamalai wrote on X on 29th December, “Suraj, a migrant worker from Maharashtra working in Thiruthani, was subjected to a barbaric assault by a gang intoxicated on ganja. His only crime was daring to object when a knife was placed on his neck so that others could record a social media reel.”
A 19-year-old girl was sexually assaulted on the university campus after which the police arrested one man identified as Gnansekaran in the case. The incident has notably sparked massive political outrage in the state with the state failing to handle the situation and opposition demanding change of governance.
Several BJP leaders and workers including Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai was arrested on Friday in Coimbatore while taking out a Black Day rally against the DMK govt.
In an interview with India Today, Dayanidhi Maran, a former union minister, sought to dismiss the challenge posed by Annamalai in the Lok Sabha polls when he made the insulting remark