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Annamalai Kuppusamy is an former IPS officer and State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu since 8 July 2021.

Early life and education
He was born on 4 June 1984 in an agricultural family at Sokkampatti village next to Chinna Dharapuram, Karur. His parents are Kuppusamy and Parameswari. He completed his schooling in Karur and Namakkal districts and then moved on to obtain graduation in Mechanical Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Following that, Annamalai completed his Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He also cleared UPSC Civil Services Examination in 2010 He is fluent in Tamil, Kannada, English, and Hindi

Police career
He joined Basic Training Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad (Telangana). He got posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police, Karkala sub-division in Udupi district of Karnataka in September 2013. he was later promoted in January 2015 as Superintendent of Police and served there till August 2016. He was then transferred to the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka and continued as a Superintendent of Police till October 2018. He got promoted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru south in 2018. In May 2019, he resign from service citing personal reason.

Social activist
Annamalai Kuppusamy after resigning. from IPS service founded We the Leaders Foundation (WTLF) which is a non-profit organization promoting organic farming.

Political career
He started his political career with Bharatiya Janata Party in August 2020 in presence of Muralidhar Rao and L. Murugan at BJP headquarters in New Delhi and was made vice president of Tamil Nadu unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. AS State Vice-President, he was part of the committee which negotiated an alliance with AlADMK in the National Democratic Alliance. He got an opportunity to contest in Aravakurichi Assembly Constituency, and he garnered a vote share of 38.9% to ended as the runner-up in the constituency. After L. Murugan was made union minister, Annamalai was made president of Tamil Nadu unit of Bharatiya Janata Party. . becoming the youngest ever state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In July 2023, he launched the En Mann En Makkal Campaign which is flagged off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Controversies
In March 2023, Annamalai was booked by the Tamil Nadu Police under the Indian Penal Code for promoting disharmony, enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, and language. The Cyber Crime wing of the state police registered a case against him after a tweet in which he linked the ruling DMK to the misleading spread of rumours about north Indian migrant workers being abused in Tamil Nadu. These misleading claims appear to have been repeated by many news media channels, amid a warning by the governments of Tamil Nadu and Bihar to refrain from spreading such claims.

In October 2023, Annamalai landed in controversy for his behaviour with a woman reporter, inviting fierce criticism from journalists. Upon being asked the reporter whether he would stay with the BJP if he was removed as its state unit's chief, he told the woman to come stand next to him so everyone could see who asked the question. "Come and stand next to me. Let the people see through TV as to who asked me such a question. There is a way to ask questions. Eight crore people should know the person who asked such a brilliant question," he said.

Overseas engagements
Annamalai made a couple of visits to Sri Lanka in April 2022 and in February 2023. During a four day visit in May 2022 he participated in the May Day celebrations of the Ceylon Workers Congress and met with Sri Lankan lawmakers, ethnic Tamil Leaders, representatives of NGOs and political leaders. Reinstating the official stance of India, he insisted upon the implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment and for the recovery of Katchatheevu. He voiced against the genocide against the Sri Lankan Tamils and also outlined the challenges faced by the Malayaha Tamils and their forced migrations.

In June 2023 he took part in the Young Leaders Forum, UK-India Week 2023, organized by the India Global Forum at Nehru Centre, London for promoting India–UK bilateral ties. He also led a four member delegation which participated in the Transnational ‘BRICS political parties plus dialogue’ 2023 at Johannesburg, South Africa which was attended by over 50 political parties from BRICS and other nations.

Elections
Annamalai contested in Aravakurichi Constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election he polled 38.90% votes and came second.

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Books
Books Written by Annamalai


 * Stepping Beyond Khaki: Revelations of a Real-Life Singham