K Annamalai resigns from BJP

Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai resigned from the party on Friday, and BJP national president Nitin Nabin accepted his resignation. The former state chief, who had been disgruntled since being removed from the leadership post, has resigned as a worker of the party. Sources close to the leader indicate plans to float a new political party. Despite the resignation, the former state chief maintains that he is an ardent supporter of the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister.