Annamalai, back to his clear and confident best in the press meet:
"If BJP was asked to ally with Naveen Patnaik 10 years back, would BJP have won Odisha today?
From Zero seats in 2004, to 1 seat in 2009, now we are ruling Odisha.
This is how a party would grow - step by step. I'm here to grow the party in TN, not to adjust with anybody.
If the party wants an adjustable leadership, they will assign such a leader"