Ex-IPS officer, ‘Singham’ Annamalai, is BJP’s new chief in Tamil Nadu

Chennai :The BJP hopes that 37-year-old K Annamalai will draw in more youngsters ahead of the local body elections slated later in the year.Chennai: Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer K Annamalai, 37, was appointed on Thursday as the new BJP chief of Tamil Nadu, succeeding L Murugan who was inducted into the Union cabinet.
Murugan has been appointed as Union minister of state for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying, and information and broadcasting. His elevation is seen as a reward for his work as party chief in the southern state where the BJP won four seats in the recently held assembly elections. The last time the BJP had four lawmakers in the assembly was in 2001 when the party fought in alliance with the DMK. In the next three elections in 2006, 2011 and 2016, the BJP couldn’t win a single seat.