Chennai, June 5 -- Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and announced the launch of a new political movement that will contest the next Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President Karu Nagaraajan also resigned from the party and joined K Annamalai's political movement.

Annamalai said his views on the state's political direction no longer aligned with those of the party leadership.

He said he had informed the party about his decision earlier but was asked to continue till the elections were over, adding that he completed his responsibilities before stepping down.

In a video, Annamalai said, "Today, we are going to start a movement. Our political party will...