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CHENNAI: Stating that helium was “ready” for the reunification of the AIADMK factions, expelled person O Panneerselvam connected Thursday threw a pointed situation astatine AMMK’s TTV Dhinakaran and “his beloved brother”
Edappadi K Palaniswami
, asking whether they were prepared to instrumentality the aforesaid leap. “I americium acceptable for that.
Are they ready?” helium asked with a sarcastic edge.Rejecting immoderate anticipation of O Panneerselvam’s return, AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K Palaniswami connected Thursday said the party’s wide assembly had unanimously resolved to expel him from its superior membership, leaving nary scope for re-induction. Responding to OPS’s renewed appeal, Palaniswami said the determination was taken by much than 2,500 wide assembly members.“Dhinakaran is insisting connected joining hands, and I americium besides insisting connected it. So, helium indispensable archetypal talk to his beloved member (EPS) and property for it. When 2 bitter rivals similar Dhinakaran and EPS tin adjacent ranks, what stops my reunion (in the AIADMK)? If it happens, it volition guarantee a monolithic triumph for the party,” OPS told reporters, responding to Dhinakaran’s remark that OPS got the champion accidental to instrumentality to the NDA and guarantee the re-establishment of the AIADMK regime.
He besides sidestepped questions connected reported talks with BJP’s Tamil Nadu in-charge Piyush Goyal and a purported 2-seat connection nether the AIADMK-led NDA, calling it “parama ragasiyam” (a profound secret).OPS besides ruled retired contesting the assembly polls nether the banner of the AIADMK Cadres’ Rights Retrieval Kazhagam, saying the committee, aboriginal evolved arsenic a Kazhagam, was formed with a azygous objective: to reconstruct cadres’ rights and the by-laws laid down by laminitis M G Ramachandran.“We person been continuing our ineligible conflict for years to execute this. We person nary volition of turning the Kazhagam into a governmental party,” helium said, justifying his determination to contention the 2024 Lok Sabha polls arsenic an Independent nether the jackfruit awesome to “test the cadres’ support” for his reunification cause. He added that functionaries from 88 territory units who attended the gathering astatine Periyakulam successful Theni “strongly supported” his stand, adjacent though helium asked them to taxable their views successful writing.
Most participants were from Theni and Ramanathapuram districts.Claiming that “everyone knows astir the conspiracy” to politically sideline him, OPS alleged that “5 O Panneerselvams from extracurricular the constituency were fielded against me.”He besides accused his erstwhile supporters Manoj Pandian and R Vaithilingam, present with the DMK, of triggering the 2nd “Dharmayutham” successful Feb 2023. Asked astir the anticipation of joining histrion Vijay’s TVK oregon the ruling DMK, the erstwhile CM dismissed the speculation arsenic “mere rumours” floated by a conception of the media. “Don’t you consciousness atrocious for us? Why dispersed specified untruths to physique a mendacious narrative?” helium asked.
