The former ministers met former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami at the party office in Salem on Tuesday evening. D. Jayakumar, Valarmathi, KT Rajendra Balaji, KA Sengottaiyan, SP Velumani, P. Thangamani, KP Munusamy, KP Anabalagan, Udumalai Radhakrishnan, Thambi Durai, Selur K. Raju, OS Manian, K. Kamaraj, MC Sampath, Benjamin, KC Veeramani, and C. Vijayabaskar discussed with Mr. Palaniswami the strategies to be adopted for the Erode (East) bypolls. The meeting lasted for more than two hours.