The Lok Sabha Elections 2024's first phase began on April 19 and featured a number of well-known candidates and high-profile contests. In an effort to increase BJP's influence in the South, K Annamalai of the BJP faces up against Ganapathy P Rajkumar of the DMK and Singai Ramachandran of the AIADMK in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, reported ANI. 

In his post on X, Annamalai said, "For an honest political change to take place in Tamil Nadu, for youth politics to be born, for equal opportunities to flourish for all, for the pride of Kongu land to be known throughout the country, for Coimbatore to travel on the path of development, I earnestly request all the voters of the Coimbatore Parliament to vote for the lotus symbol."