Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai has officially announced the he is launching his new political party.
He said that he would first start it as a movement, teach the members politics and turn the movement into a party.
“I will start a separate movement and contest the next general elections in Tamil Nadu as a party. I will bring the best brains into politics. It requires some time. I aim to lead a movement with an uncompromising policy,” he said via a Facebook livestream.
A link to the website of the party has also been launched officially. Volunteers can join his movement via the link “wetheleader.org”. The website is titled “The movement belongs to the people.”
Annamalai said that anyone can join the movement.
Within half an hour of launching the site, 52,509 people signed up to be volunteers in the movement.
As of now, about 2,19,188 members have signed up.
To sign up, users can click on the “join the movement” option.
They will have to enter their name, address, mobile number and email IDs
After a 6-digit OTP verification, users receive a login ID with their name, date of birth and a password which they can download.
There are also rules already placed on positions in the party. For example, one person cannot repeat an office.
Annamalai also said that the number of times an MLA or MP is elected has to be fixed and decided.
"We are going to set up a political legacy institute in the name of Abdul Kalam in Coimbatore, and we are not competing with anyone, be it the ruling party or the opposition. There is no permanent leader, permanent MP, MLA in our party; policies should be changed according to time. Those who come with me should be patient and calm,” he said.
He also said he wants to avoid image politics and pursue common politics. “WE should start as a movement and bring various parties into it and teach them politics. Only then should we turn it into a party. Until then, we should have volunteers,” he said.
He also said that the party would definitely contest the upcoming general elections.
In his resignation letter to the BJP leadership, he said that he had a “disagreement” with the party leadership over the political strategy in the state.
