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Will be aggressive like Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi: BJP’s Annamalai

Annamalai said there was a time in Tamil Nadu when BJP was hoping someone from the two Dravidian parties would join their camp and save their party, but the scenario has now reversed.

Commenting on a few leaders leaving the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit, Annamalai said these tremors will happen until the party settles down here. (File)Commenting on a few leaders leaving the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit, Annamalai said these tremors will happen until the party settles down here. (File)
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Amid the string of exits by BJP functionaries in Tamil Nadu, state party president K Annamalai Tuesday said he will be “more aggressive”, emulating leaders like J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi, without worrying about any criticism as his sole focus is to bring BJP to power in the state.

“I have not come here to make Dosa or Idli. My leadership style will not be like a role of a manager as it had been the case of the national parties here for several decades. You need to take an aggressive stance to do politics here. I am a leader; my behaviour will be that of a leader. I will be more aggressive and go in top gear to grow the party. A few party decisions might be shocking to some cadres, but it’s fine, we need to cross those things. In the past leaders like J Jayalalithaa, and M Karunanidhi have been like that. I want to emulate them,” Annamalai told reporters in Madurai.

Annamalai said there was a time in Tamil Nadu when BJP was hoping someone from the two Dravidian parties would join their camp and save their party, but the scenario has now reversed. He said that dravidian parties have developed a sudden likeness towards BJP, which only shows how much the party has grown in Tamil Nadu.

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Commenting on a few leaders leaving the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit, Annamalai said these tremors will happen until the party settles down here.

“In the history of Tamil Nadu, there has been no one who has been criticised like me but let them continue that. I will not change myself; even if there are directions from Delhi I will be myself,” Annamalai said.

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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