Chennai (Tamil Nadu), April 12 2025, (ANI): Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Friday expressed heartfelt gratitude to Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah for his encouraging words and support for the party's efforts in the state. He said that the Bharatiya Janata Party has always prioritised the interests of Tamil Nadu and the nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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00:00I am a Karyakarta of the party. Today my only job is to strengthen the hands of our new president
00:06Anand Nainar Naheindra Navargal. And the party unanimously, the party has decided Anand Nainar
00:12Naheindra Nanna will lead our Bare Janata party into the 2026 assembly elections.
00:18After the arrival of our honourable Home Minister Amit Shavargal, the NDA has become bigger,
00:24the NDA has become stronger, the NDA in Tamil Nadu has become dynamic.
00:28And our job right now is to give our fullest support to our new president Anand Nainar
00:33Naheindra Navargal and get his vision going, get the party's vision going. I am a Karyakarta
00:39of the party. Today my only job is to strengthen the hands of our new president Anand Nainar
00:46Naheindra Navargal. And the party unanimously, the party has decided Anand Nainar Naheindra
00:52will lead our Bare Janata party into the 2026 assembly elections. And yesterday you have
00:58seen after the arrival of our honourable Home Minister Amit Shavargal, the NDA has become
01:04bigger, the NDA has become stronger, the NDA in Tamil Nadu has become dynamic. Now we are
01:10very clear, the vision is very clear, DMK has to get out of power, the NDA has to come
01:16into power. And our job right now is to give our fullest support to our new president Anand
01:23Nainar Naheindra Navargal and get his vision going, get the party's vision going. And all
01:29of his Karyakartas, we firmly stand behind them in the process of eliminating DMK from
01:34Tamil Nadu soil. Sir, we have to understand if you look at the history of Tamil Nadu alliances,
01:47at multiple times, the Dravidian parties here, principally the DMK and the ADMK, they had
01:53alliances with national parties, BJP and Congress. But we all know whenever Congress goes into
01:59an alliance with the Dravidian party, it is always a problematic alliance. 10 years of
02:05UPA, Congress and DMK together, Tamil Nadu has seen only misery, only fisherman death, no
02:13money flowing into the coffers of Tamil Nadu. Now 10 years of NDA at the centre and many years
02:22of NDA at the state has seen Tamil Nadu benefiting multiple friends. That is why yesterday the honourable
02:28Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly said, this alliance works on common minimum programme
02:33so that our friends in NDA, nobody should have a problem. And we are very clear, Amit
02:39Shaji has spelt it out very clearly. And yesterday the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
02:44tweeted that the vision of NDA in 2026 is to further, further the vision of Purachit Talaivar,
02:51Dr. Mgr, Purachit Talaivar, Amma Jailalith Averhill and in at the national level Narendra Modi is
02:58leading NDA. 2026 assembly elections Tamil Nadu will be fought under the leadership of
03:03Edapadi Palani Swami Ji under the guidance of Narendra Modi Averhill, our honourable Prime Minister Vishwaguru.
03:09So no confusion anywhere. In the common minimum programme, I don't think anybody is going to have a problem.
03:14Yes, it is very clear, which you have also seen, which is an open secret. ADMK has got some issues with
03:21respect to the policies of the central government, with respect to implementing it in Tamil Nadu.
03:25That is why the honourable Prime Minister has spelt out the word called common minimum programme,
03:29so that there is a minimum common agreement with respect to the policies. So all our friends are
03:35happy. ADMK leaders are happy. Only the DMK is unhappy because they know NDA will come to power in
03:42Tamil Nadu in 2026. So nobody is forcing anybody to accept anything which they don't want.
03:48Only things that is going to be better. Of course, BJP has got a certain vision for Tamil Nadu. How
03:52Tamil Nadu has to be run. At the same time, when you agree for a common minimum programme,
03:57all the partners have to be happy. That is why Amit Shaji clearly, clearly emphasised, nobody in NDA,
04:03none of our partners would feel unhappy. It is a partnership only to bring value to Tamil Nadu,
04:10to eradicate DMK from Tamil Nadu. So it is also very clear, 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu would
04:16be fought under the leadership of Vedhapadi Pallani Swamiji. And we are Karyekartas. We are very
04:21clear. Once the party decides, we obey. That is our only duty. And all of us are here aggressively
04:26taking the party forward. Once the party decides, this is the path. This is the vision the party is
04:31going to take. All of us are going to stand behind that vision. We are going to implement that vision.
04:35So the India Alliance also have Bupani's settlement with TTV Dhinakaran Anno?
04:39Madam, I don't want to really comment. Yesterday, Amit Shaji has spoken enough of this.
04:44And coming days, our state president Nainar Nagendra Nanna is there. And they will speak more on it.
04:50As of now, there is no confusion in NDA. Today, TTV Dhinakaran Anno also has met the press in the morning.
04:57So I don't see any confusion. I am sticking with what our Honorable Home Minister said yesterday.
05:03We are not interfering into the internal affairs of any party in Tamil Nadu, especially ADMK has made
05:08it very clear. And that is the stand. With respect to how the India Alliance is, already some of this
05:15esteemed leaders are part of NDA. They have a different formation. So coming times,
05:19our leaders will clarify on that. The Chief Minister says that though you are alleging
05:24the DMK is a corrupt party, you are going into alliance with a party called AIDMK, whose former
05:29Chief Minister went to prison for corruption. So how does that make it fair when corruption is the
05:34main allegation that the NDA is putting against DMK is what is questioning. Madam, we have to
05:38understand this is suddenly a classic case of pot calling the kettle black. So DMK is shaken from
05:44yesterday. They are blabbering everything that is possible. Yeah, DMK was in alliance with BJP at
05:50some point of time. 1998, BJP and ADMK were together. Now this alliance has come on a certain principle
05:58only to eliminate DMK from Tamil Nadu to bring in good governance. Yesterday, Narendra Modi has
06:02clearly spelt out to further the vision of Puradji Talaivar MGRI and Puradji Talaivar Jalalitha Ammavarkal.
06:08So I don't see any contradiction with respect to what we speak and what we behave.
06:12Sir, Apology is step one. But more than apology, it is important. The Honorable Chief Minister of
06:22Tamil Nadu has to walk the talk and remove him from the government. Theat of power. So power is going
06:28into the hands of somebody. I am only wondering how will the minister see a sister or a mother.
06:34When a sister or a mother who is walking in the street, who is coming to the office, what is the
06:38vision with which he is going to see them? If he is speaking this kind of nonsense in the stage.
06:42So our minimum demand is Minister Punmudi should be removed from Padal because we have to understand
06:48he was already removed from power and corruption charges. It is the Supreme Court. Based on the
06:52state, he is reinstated. So he is not a clean man. Madam, as I speak to you now, I have demitted my
06:57office as the state president. Our new president has come, a dynamic leader, Nainar Nagendra.
07:02I am a simple career cutter of the party. Whatever the party tells me, I am going to do it. Thank you,
07:07Madam Madam. First of all, we are here. First of all, we are here. First of all, we are here.