I don't have the power to decide on alliance: Annamalai

CHENNAI: After making a strong pitch for a solo contest in elections, TN BJP chief Annamalai made a u-turn saying he is not empowered to decide on alliance.

He met the reporters at an event.

Echoing some of the State BJP leaders, Annamalai said the national leadership will decide on alliance but he will keep voicing his opinion in conversations with the national leaders.

Speaking against the money-play in politics he said he is now a debtor as he spent all the money he saved as a cop for Aravakurichi election. He added saying TN politics will improve only when the role of money is truncated.

Annamalai stuck to his opinion saying 50 percent agree with him and 50 percent won't, but there is no change in my stance.

His comment on alliance with AIADMK became the talking point of political observers for the past few days.

Only party Parliamentary panel can decide on alliances, says H Raja

Only the Central Parliamentary Committee will decide on forging alliances with parties and fielding candidates to contest ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party leader H Raja said on Sunday.

Talking to reporters at Madurai airport, Raja said a 16-member Parliamentary Committee would make a final call on BJP’s alliance. Recalling his recent meeting with AIADMK interim general secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami and the other AIADMK MLA Pollachi V Jayaraman at Coimbatore airport, Raja said both of them were clear in their idea of continuing to support the alliance between the two parties and there was no difference of opinion. If any change in the decision needs to be made, only the BJP-led Centre could make it and not the leaders in state. The DMK is a broken pot, it could not unite the pieces and the party will not survive in Tamil Nadu. Now, the DMK’s DNA structure has changed. After the lifetime of M Karunanidhi, former DMK president and CM, there’s nobody to obey commands of the leader. The people of Tamil Nadu are watching it, he said.