New Delhi, April 3 -- Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagendran on Friday called K Annamalai's absence from the party's candidates' list a decision "from the High Command."

Speaking with ANI, he lauded the list of 27 candidates and expressed confidence in their victory.

"A list of 27 candidates has been released by the BJP High Command... All the 27 candidates will surely win this time," he said.

"This is a decision from the High Command...," he added.

This comes after the BJP released its list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, after negotiations within the NDA alliance.

The list has sent shockwaves through the state's political circles, after BJP National Executive Member K Annamalai, the aggressive "S...