By IndianMasterminds Bureau

From catching thieves to indulging in a political slugfest, transition has been smooth for the 2011-batch IPS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre Kuppuswamy Annamalai. Hailed as “Singham IPS” following his effective handling of riots in Chikmanglur district, K. Annamalai resigned from the service in May 2019 and joined the BJP next year.

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He was appointed president of the Tamil Nadu BJP a year later, at a fairly young age of 37, the youngest person to become BJP chief of a state. Though he lost the Assembly election himself in 2021, he ensured the BJP won four Assembly seats—its highest tally since 2001, when the BJP contested in alliance with the DMK. He is in fray again during the ongoing elections in the Coimbatore parliamentary constituency.

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