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Annamalai has been selected for the United Kingdom Foreign Offices Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence programme, which starts in September..
A highly placed source at the BJP headquarters in Tamil Nadu told ThePrint, The party high command has accepted Annamalais request to pursue the fellowship for three months and take a temporary break from party activities during this period...
Though Annamalai was shortlisted for the fellowship a month ago, he and other Tamil Nadu BJP leaders had said that he would pursue it only if the party high command granted him permission...
In March 2023, the BJP president expressed his willingness to break the alliance with AIADMK and have the party fight alone in the Lok Sabha elections to prepare the ground for the 2026 assembly polls..
Under Annamalais leadership, Tamil Nadu BJP formed an alliance with the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and former AIADMK leaders T.T.V..
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