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NEW DELHI: O Panneerselvam made a striking governmental connection connected Friday by replacing a photograph of his precocious mentor J Jayalalithaa with 1 of Chief Minister M K Stalin successful his car, moments earlier formally joining the DMK successful Chennai.The cautiously timed gesture, carried retired arsenic helium arrived astatine Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, underscored a melodramatic displacement successful allegiance for the three-time erstwhile Chief Minister who erstwhile symbolised unwavering loyalty to the AIADMK supremo. The representation of Jayalalithaa had agelong occupied pridefulness of spot connected his vehicle’s dashboard; its removal signalled a decisive interruption from his governmental past.Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam connected Friday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) successful Chennai, formally switching sides up of the forthcoming 2026 Assembly elections.
Inducted successful the beingness of Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin astatine the enactment headquarters, Panneerselvam said helium would enactment for the enactment arsenic a cadre, marking a important realignment successful the state’s governmental landscape."I person joined the DMK. I volition enactment and enactment the DMK arsenic a cadre," Panneerselvam told reporters soon aft his induction. His son, P Ravindhranath Kumar, besides joined the party.Welcoming him into the fold, Stalin described Panneerselvam arsenic a “dear brother” and praised his humility and virtues.
"Former Chief Minister and beloved member Thiru. O. Panneerselvam has joined the parent organisation, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. I invited him with unfastened arms. He, who bears the sanction of the large person of the Dravidian movement, has joined our large question to safeguard the Dravidian movement's ideology," helium posted connected X.Framing the improvement successful the discourse of the adjacent Assembly election, Stalin added:"The 2026 Assembly predetermination is simply a antiauthoritarian conflict betwixt Tamil Nadu and the fascist BJP. It is with this realisation that assorted antiauthoritarian forces are joining the DMK alliance. Our member who has joined us, Thiru. O. Panneerselvam is simply a loving person, a virtuous person, a humble person! May his accomplishment beryllium for the welfare! May Tamil Nadu triumph!"Explaining his decision, Panneerselvam said helium had chosen to articulation the DMK to gully a enactment nether his troubled past successful the AIADMK."The determination I've taken is my own, to enactment a fullstop to the bitter acquisition for me. I convey CM and DMK President Stalin for accepting maine to articulation DMK. I person joined DMK with afloat joy. EPS is behaving arsenic a dictator, and helium has created a concern wherever AIADMK cannot get victory," Panneerselvam told media persons.Panneerselvam was expelled from the AIADMK successful 2022 pursuing a protracted enactment tussle with Edappadi K Palaniswami, a rupture that reshaped the party’s interior powerfulness operation and yet paved the mode for his latest governmental move.
