AIADMK cadre broke into celebrations by bursting crackers at the party headquarters in Chennai on Monday after the party formally decided to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. In contrast, the reaction of its estranged alliance partner was subdued.
The top brass of the Tamil Nadu BJP was in Coimbatore for State president K. Annamalai’s ‘En Mann En Makkal’ Yatra when the AIADMK made the announcement. Mr. Annamalai, while addressing the media in the presence of senior leaders Vanathi Srinivasan and L. Murugan, said the party’s national leadership would comment on the development at an appropriate time.
Mr Annamalai said he and others had read the resolution passed by the AIADMK. However, the BJP was a national party, and there was a procedure for everything. “We [the State leadership] will also talk when we meet the media in the future,” he said.
