"We the Leaders" movement launched recently was on the "right track" to transition into a political party by July and the goal is to achieve 50 lakh membership, former BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai said on Wednesday. Pointing out that at present 18 lakh members have joined the organisation "without any expectations," Annamalai, in a video interaction on a social media platform, said that membership was taking place not only online but also by meeting the people directly.
Stating that the members have joined with the belief that the movement would bring in a big change, he said "after we start this movement as a political outfit, its activities will take on a different nature from this July and people are going to see it." Claiming that his movement "will not fail, will not lie, and will not lead the people to the wrong path", Annamalai said "for us, we are equal to all religions and there is no second thought about that".
"Our aim in the coming months is that this membership drive will keep going", he said. "As we move forward, our objective is to transform our organisation into a people's movement to talk about the various issues in the state".
Raising various issues, especially drug menace among the youth in the state, Annamalai said this will be taken up as a mass public movement at the grassroot level. He also said that technocrats are bewildered not knowing how to enter politics. "Between 40 and 50 years of age, Tamil people, who have achieved a lot, across the globe including in US and London do not know how to enter politics here".
Annamalai also said that his outfit, after turning into a political party, will also bring "term limit" for the politicians. "Discarding the very old and bringing in new, it must keep happening", he added.
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