News India Live, Digital Desk: The political battle for the throne of power has started in Tamil Nadu. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up for the assembly elections to be held in the year 2026. In this series, BJP has released its much awaited first list of 27 candidates. In this list, the party has presented a unique confluence of experienced leaders and new faces, due to which there has been a stir in the politics of the state. BJP, which is part of the AIADMK-led alliance, has fielded its stalwarts on many seats where tough competition can be seen.
Fielded big faces in the election field, trust on L Murugan and Tamilisai
The most prominent name in this first list of BJP is Union Minister L Murugan and former governor Tamilisai Sundararajan Are of. The party nominated L Murugan. Indestructible(SC) Has fielded the election from the seat. At the same time, Tamilisai Sundararajan, who recently returned to active politics, has been given the high-profile seat of Chennai. Mylapore The ticket has been given from. The candidature of these two leaders makes it clear how serious BJP is about its presence in Tamil Nadu and it wants to make inroads among the people through big faces.
Annamalai’s name missing, what is BJP’s new strategy?
The most surprising thing in this list is the state president. Of. Annamalai Absence of name. The market of speculation is hot in the political circles due to the name of Annamalai, considered the face of BJP in Tamil Nadu, not being included in the first list. However, experts believe that the party may keep him safe to field him from a strategic seat or give him greater responsibility of election management. Apart from this, National President of BJP Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan To Coimbatore North The candidate has been made from Uttar Pradesh, which is considered a strong stronghold for the party.
Preference given to women and youth, these faces also got a chance
BJP has also taken special care of social equations in its list of 27 candidates. the party has Modkurichi from Kirtika Shivakumar and vilvancode Emphasis has been laid on women representation by giving ticket to S Vijayadharani. Apart from this, Dr. Nagesh Kumar has been fielded from Thali seat and C. Elumalai from Tiruvannamalai. This time, BJP is carrying the agenda of ‘Development’ and ‘Hindutva’ together to create its own place among ‘Dravidian politics’.
Voting will be held on April 23, chances of triangular contest
Voting for 234 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu is to be held on 23 April 2026. This time the contest in the state is going to be interesting because apart from the ruling DMK alliance and AIADMK-BJP alliance, Thalapathy Vijay’s party TVK is also in the fray. This first list of BJP is clearly indicating that it is betting on experienced shoulders to take the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to every home. Now it remains to be seen how much this ‘election trick’ of BJP is liked by the people of Tamil Nadu.
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