Annamalai Quit the BJP Because It Would Not Let Him Build Tamil Nadu Alone (opens in new tab)

K Annamalai built BJP Tamil Nadu from a negligible force to an 11 percent vote share by contesting independently. When the party allied with AIADMK against his advice, the alliance won one seat out of 234. Three days after quitting, his We The Leaders movement had 1.7 million members.