Tamil Nadu Leader of the Opposition, Edappadi K. Palaniswami and ousted AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam, have separately questioned Chief Minister M.K. Mr. Palaniswami contended that Tamil Nadu had remained peaceful during the AIADMK regime and further charged that explosions have become a casual affair whenever the DMK government was in power, and they have been recurring. ‘Law and order situation …
The majestic march of AIADMK former head honcho, O. Panneerselvam, into the party headquarters with his stormtroopers clearing the way for him and the exulting triumph over him by his hitherto joint commander-in-chief, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, 15 km away at the party’s general council meeting were both spectacles that had much ado about nothing, at least for the common man. …
The impasse at the general council of Tamil Nadu’s prime Opposition party, the AIADMK, on Thursday may, at its worst, lead to a split in the organisation but is unlikely to hamper its political activities. But his bete noire, Mr Palaniswami, through his tactical moves, could not ease Mr Panneerselvam out of the top position that day since a Madras …
Even nearly five years after having lost the position of a pivot in the AIADMK, the sidelined former interim general secretary, V.K. Though the Sasikala factor was a subject of discussion even during the lifetime of former Chief Minister Jayalalaithaa, who regarded her a confidante, it has acquired a new dimension ever since Ms. Sasikala returned to Chennai from Bengaluru …