Annamalai likely to take national role, will not contest 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly polls: BJP sources
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai is not expected to contest the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, according to sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Instead, he is likely to be given a national-level role in the party, as part of an upcoming organisational reshuffle, reported India Today.
Though the party has not made an official announcement, BJP leaders said internal discussions have been underway about moving Annamalai to a central position in Delhi.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently mentioned that Annamalai would continue to play a role in Tamil Nadu politics while also taking up national responsibilities. In April 2025, after Annamalai stepped down as the state BJP president and was succeeded by Nainar Nagendran, Shah had praised his leadership.
He said Annamalai had strengthened the BJP’s presence in Tamil Nadu and that the party would utilise his organisational skills at the national level.
Annamalai, a former IPS officer from Karnataka, joined the BJP in 2020 and became the party's Tamil Nadu president in 2021. He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Coimbatore but lost to DMK’s Ganapathy Rajkumar.
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Karnataka School Edu Dept prohibits children from being made to dance to obscene songs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.
It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.
"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.
"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.
The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.
Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.
