Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India]July 11 (ANI): Activists of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) gathered in large numbers to welcome Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) ahead of the General Council meeting to be held on Monday.
The EPS left from his residence for the party’s general council meeting to be held later in the day.
Notably, the Madras High Court will deliver its verdict on whether to allow the AIADMK general council meeting till 9 am, in a civil suit filed by O Panneerselvam (OPS) seeking a stay on the GC meeting scheduled for 9.15 am on Monday. was demanded.
EPS supporters carried banners with slogans like “EPS as a single leader”. A man disguised as AIADMK founder MGR was also among those gathered outside the party headquarters.
AIADMK Presidium President Tamil Magan Hussain announced on 23 June that he had decided to hold the next General Council meeting of the AIADMK (after the one held on 23 June) on 11 July at 9.15 am.
Earlier on Sunday, the EPS camp of AIADMK discussed the residence of EPS in Tamil Nadu.
After all 23 proposals of the members of the General Committee were rejected, supporters of O Panneerselvam – who wanted to continue the dual leadership pattern in the party – staged a walkout from the meeting.
“All the members rejected all the 23 proposals and the only demand of the general committee members is on single leadership. When the next general committee meeting is convened, all these will be adopted along with the single leadership resolutions,” said AIADMK Deputy Coordinator KP Munusamy had said.
He further said that whenever the next General Council meeting takes place, all 23 resolutions and single leadership resolution will be passed.
Former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and other party leaders were also present in the June 23 meeting.
After Jayalalithaa’s demise in 2016, the party has been following a dual leadership formula with EPS as co-coordinator and OPS coordinator.
Palaniswami is eyeing a single leadership in the party and his camp is insisting on passing a resolution in this regard during the June 23 meeting, while Panneerselvam claimed that the general body passed the resolution without his signature as per the party’s bye-law. can’t.
The voices for a single leadership in the party intensified after the district secretary’s meeting on June 14. Both the factions held several rounds of talks to resolve the issue but were unsuccessful.
The OPS had also written a letter to the EPS seeking adjournment of the general body meeting citing the “confused situation” in the party, which was rejected by the AIADMK co-coordinator.
As compared to the OPS, the EPS enjoys the support of a larger number of party legislators and district secretaries.
Amidst all this drama, longtime Ops loyalists also joined the EPS camp.
On Tuesday, Tiruvallur district secretary Alexander and Puducherry state secretary Anbalagan extended their support to the EPS.
Amid a tussle between the OPS and the EPS over the single leadership issue in the AIADMK, the former had a “personal meeting” with his supporters and district secretaries at the party office here. (ANI)
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