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AIADMK sets ball rolling for EPS' elevation; Panneerselvam slams rival camp

AIADMK interim chief Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Saturday filed nomination for election to the party's powerful General Secretary post, setting the ball rolling for his ultimate elevation, as rival leader O Panneerselvan slammed the "pickpocket-like" approach of the EPS camp in holding the polls, alleging due party process was not followed. EPS, as Palaniswami is addressed, filed his nomination at the party headquarters, nearly a month after the Supreme Court greenflagged his continuance as the AIADMK interim chief, dealing a blow to Pannerselvam (OPS) in his running feud with his rival over the leadership issue. The OPS camp decried the election process and senior party leader Panruti S Ramachandran said they will move the court over the issue, even as Panneerselvam indicated he will meet the people on the matter. A large conference will be held in Tiruchirappalli early April as part of the next course of action, he added. Within hours of Palaniswami filing the nomination, ...

Chennai police rejects Panneerselvam's request for police protection

The Greater Chennai police have rejected a request by deposed AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam (OPS) for police protection to enter the party headquarters in the city.

Will soon meet Sasikala, Dhinakaran to unite AIADMK: Panneerselvam

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 ...

Keep up poll promise, cut rates of petroleum products, OPS tells DMK

OPS, urged the MK Stalin-led DMK government to now implement its promise regarding slashing fuel rates, made ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls and further benefit the citizens

Former TN CM Panneerselvam slams DMK, says "year of suffering for people"

AIADMK leader and former CM of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam said that the one year of the DMK government, which is celebrating its first anniversary, was a year of suffering for the people of the state

Truth has come out, says Sasikala in reaction to OPS's remark before panel

Sasikala said this to reporters on Wednesday when asked about Panneerselvam's (OPS) deposition in this connection

Tamil Nadu: EPS-OPS tussle continues in AIADMK over Opposition leader

The fight for the top slot as opposition leader in Tamil Nadu continues unabated between former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and his Deputy, O Panneerselvam (OPS) in the AIADMK

AIADMK top leader Panneerselvam says functionaries should be loyal to party

AIADMK top leader and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday asserted that he expected office-bearers to be loyal to the party alone and not him. Against the backdrop of a recent debate over the Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2021 Assembly elections, Panneerselvam said "Our goal should be to return to power in 2021. Let bygones be bygones. Let the things to come be good." The deputy chief minister, in an interaction with party functionaries here, advised them to work with a sense of unity overcoming all divides, be it caste, religion or any other thing. The stellar work of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran and late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for the growth of the party should always be remembered and the experience of past elections would come in handy for them, he said. Functionaries and workers should always be faithful to only the party and "at no point of time had I persuaded loyalty to me," he stressed. Recently, Cooperative Minister Sellur Raju

O Panneerselvam demands probe into Jayalaithaa's death

He said there are a lot of questions about the death of Jayalalithaa on Dec 5 after being admitted into Apollo Hospital for 75 days.