Overview
- Speaking in Coimbatore on October 31, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief denied plans to launch a party and acknowledged unease with his current role.
- He said he would either stay in the BJP or quit to return to farming, calling party membership a voluntary choice that cannot be enforced "with a gun on his head."
- He said he remains in the BJP out of confidence that Narendra Modi and Amit Shah will bring "pure politics" to Tamil Nadu.
- Describing himself as a first-generation politician from an agricultural family, he said he lacks the backing to start a new outfit.
- He said he is "waiting and watching" as a karyakarta, noted AIADMK churn including K A Sengottaiyan’s expulsion, reaffirmed the NDA’s Assembly poll focus, and warned he would speak out if pushed beyond his "Lakshman rekha."