Dhinakaran

AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam on Saturday said he would soon meet the expelled interim general secretary V K Sasikala and her nephew T T V Dhinakaran, heading the AMMK party, as part of his initiatives to unite the AIADMK now divided over the leadership issue. He said he would also call on all those who worked for the party under the leadership of late Chief Ministers M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa, and convince them. "All our thoughts and deeds are oriented towards ensuring a unified AIADMK. This is also the collective view of 1.5 crore party cadres," Panneerselvam told reporters at his residence here after Usilampatti legislator P Ayyappan met him and pledged support to Panneerselvam's faction in the tussle between the latter and another senior leader and former chief minister K Palaniswami. Ayyappan, who had backed Palaniswami on the single leadership issue, sprang a surprise today by calling on former Chief Minister Panneerselvam. He said the change in his stance was in ...

Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has declared total assets valued at Rs 61.19 lakh, up from the Rs 33.20 lakh in 2016, according to his election affidavit

Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Monday filed his nomination from Kovilpatti assembly constituency for upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu

Balaji had joined the DMK last year and he was elected MLA from Aravakurichi in the May 19 bypolls

A Prabhu, the party's Kallakurichi legislator, was relieved as the Villupuram secretary of a key youth wing of the AIADMK

They have been booked for sedition, accused of inciting public

Dhinakaran has the support of 21 MLAs

Dhinakaran told that an "extraordinary situation" was prevailing in Tamil Nadu

He is a co-accused in the AIADMK Election Commission briber case

Alleged middleman Sukesh Chandrasekar to be kept in judicial custody till May 12

He was arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe an EC official to get 'two leaves' election symbol

Sources said that Dhinakaran's PA Janardhana has agreed to be a witness in the case.

Palaniswami and Paneerselvam joined to oust Dhinakaran and EC cancelled R K Nagar by-election

Dhinakaran is facing a revolt by influential section of AIADMK led by CM K Palaniswami

This, after an FIR was filed against him by Delhi crime branch for allegedly bribing EC officials