Chennai : Posters bearing Annamalai’s face and the quote, “Fearless minds gave no limits”, have appeared across Coimbatore, fuelling speculation over whether the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief is preparing to launch a new political party. Annamalai has so far skipped two state central committee meetings, further fuelling speculation about his political future.
Annamalai is yet to react to the development. However, a tweet by Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has added fuel to the speculation, with the leader stating: One more political party in TN is in the offing, the churn accelerates. (MS- there is an interesting logic to the proposed name). Annamalai urged the Union Education Ministry to withdraw its recent notification making three languages compulsory for Class IX students from the current academic year, and to adhere to its earlier decision to implement the rule from the 2029-30 academic year.
Annamalai said the move had come as a shock to many parents, especially those from Tamil Nadu, as their children had already selected a language of choice in Class VI. He said the revised notification now required Class IX students to learn three languages, two of which had to be native to India, with effect from July 1, 2026. “Expecting a Class IX student to learn a new language at such short notice will only pressurise children and affect their overall learning outcomes,” he said.
He also pointed out that the same April 2026 notification had explicitly stated that the third language for Class IX students in CBSE schools would be made compulsory only from the 2029-30 academic year. Reiterating his demand, the former state president of the BJP said, “I request the Ministry of Education to immediately roll back this notification and honour its previous commitment to introduce three languages, of which two shall be native Indian languages, for Class IX students from the academic year 2029-30.”
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