Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran has blamed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) interim General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for the party's continuous defeat.
The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's confidant Manoj Pandian seeking an interim stay on the resolutions passed at the AIADMK General Council meeting on July 11 last year, in which former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (
A day after the Supreme Court affirmed the Madras High Court division bench decision that restored Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) as the AIADMK party's single leader, expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam on Friday said EPS wanted to capture the party.
Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to allow him to continue as the AIADMK general secretary and said that the judgment has confirmed the former chief minister J Jayalalithaa's remark that the party will rule for 100 years.
The supporters of the Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) faction burst into celebrations in Tamil Nadu's Chennai as Supreme Court on Thursday allowed him to continue as AIADMK's Interim General Secretary.
The Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the Madras High Court division bench decision that restored Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) as the AIADMK party's single leader while rejecting O Panneerselvam's plea allowing EPS to continue as the party's Interim General Secretary.
On January 11, the apex court bench reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas relating to the tussle between former Chief Ministers O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) over AIADMK leadership.
ECI also approved the AIADMK Presidium Chairman Tamilmagan Hussain to sign in forms A and B and also authorised candidates to contest on behalf of AIADMK on the two-leaves symbol.
BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai made the remark while addressing a press conference in Chennai. He earlier in the day met with the AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS).
AIADMK MLAs, led by former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Wednesday reached the Tamil Nadu Assembly in black shirts as a mark of protest against the DMK government and Speaker Appavu.