Annamalai Announces New People’s Movement To Contest 2031 Assembly Election

Chennai: Former IPS officer K Annamalai announced his launch of a new political movement aimed at regional politics to contest in the next general elections to the Tamil Nadu State Legislative Assembly, on Friday.

A former state president of the BJP party has quit from the primary membership of the saffron party. A communication to this effect was released by the party president Nitin Nabin, accepting the resignation request.

Hours after the acceptance, Annamalai livestreamed his announcement from his multiple handles. I have come to Instagram live only because the youngsters have been yearning for a change.

Annamalai clarified that his movement will definitely take the electoral plunge. We will definitely contest in the next general elections in Tamil Nadu, he said, adding that it would require sincere and strenuous efforts to identify candidates to contest in each Assembly constituency.

He said his movement will make the politics of the soil as its core ideal without compromise and explained why being part of a national party sometimes makes a compromised stand.
Annamalai who is yet to taste electoral success as a candidate explained how he protested various projects including Tungsten mining in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.

On January 23, 2025, the Centre cancelled the auction of the Arittapatti Mineral Block in the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu citing the need to protect traditional rights.

He reiterated how he had objected to the three-language policy which will harm the education of children. “I have opposed it back then. It is not for the heck of opposing it,” he said.

“If we have to make our voice heard, we need to take a firm stand when we do not subscribe to a policy of the BJP. It is possible only when we are not part of them,” he reasoned.

The need to end the “cult” politics will be one of the key objectives of the party he would form and would be more focused on policies than the individuals, he said, adding that the foundation of his politics will be to offer “clean politics”.

Taking a swipe at the DMK, the erstwhile saffron party leader said that his movement will not be run like a familial party where people from one family will continue to sit at the top.

We will come with a term limit. It will be applicable from the local level to MPs and MLAs. It will start from me. There will not be any permanent leaders. I am a common man. No chair is permanent for anyone. New comers should keep coming. He likened it to a “steady stream of water,” insisting that “the movement should stand beyond us.”

He announced the relaunch of the website: www.wetheleader.org for enrollment of the members. He also announced the setting up of APJ Abdul Kalam Centre For Political Ethics in Coimbatore district, where candidates for every electoral fray will get trained before being fielded by his future party.

On the need for a new political party, he said “there is definitely a space for a new political party.”

We will construct each brick with ideal values of clean governance. It takes time to cure. It will take time. We need to be patient. The movement will take the shape of a political party. We will build from the bottom up. We will bring about a change. We will make Tamil Nadu a numero uno state in the country, in every index that has a positive bearing on the quality of life of the denizens of the state.