Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Tuesday conceded his defeat from the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat.In a post on microblogging site X, the IPS-turned-politician wrote, “I bow down to the people of the Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency & thank the 4.5 Lakh voters who bestowed their faith in NDA & BJP Tamilnadu. You believed in the vision of our Hon PM Shri Narendra Modi avl for his Viksit Bharat. You have given us historic votes in the history of Coimbatore PC for NDA, and still, we were short of the winning mark.”
“I congratulate & convey my best wishes to the winning DMK candidate of Coimbatore, Thiru Raj Kumar avl. I take this opportunity also to wish the candidates from other political parties & the independent candidates who participated in the race to win the peopleās mandate to be Coimbatore PCās Member of Parliament. Finally, I assure the loving people of Kovai that we will double our efforts to win your love & mandate in the future!” he said.
The poll panel data showed that Annamalai received over four lakh votes, making him the second-number candidate on the Coimbatore seat.