O. Pannerselvam (proper) with Panruti S. Ramachandran, political advisor to the group
| Photo Credit: Raghunathan S R
The AIADMK’s deposed coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, on Saturday accused the party’s interim general secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami of conducting himself in a “dictatorial” method, for having launched the schedule of elections for the submit of the party’s general secretary.
Addressing a press convention at his residence right here, Mr. Panneerselvam stated he and his colleagues would go across the State and clarify to occasion members and the folks about Mr. Palaniswami’s functioning. “He has thrown the party’s bylaws to the wind and arrogated himself [virtually] to the post of general secretary,” Mr. Panneerselvam noticed, including that by, inserting sure {qualifications} as required for the the submit of general secretary, Mr. Palaniswami had created a state of affairs whereby “no ordinary worker can contest for the post and only the big and mighty can aspire to it.”
Faction to fulfill in Tiruchi in April
The former coordinator, who asserted that the decision of the Erode (East) Assembly bypoll went towards the management of Mr. Palaniswami, stated his group would maintain a convention in Tiruchi through the second week of April.
“The meet would be as historic as that of the DMK in 1956 and we would highlight the ideals and policies of Puratchi Thalaivar [the party founder M.G. Ramachandran] and Puratchi Thalaivi [former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa] who stood for uplifting the plight of the common man,” stated Panruti S. Ramachandran, political advisor to the group.
Mr. Ramachandran recalled that the DMK’s founder C.N. Annadurai, in 1956, determined in favour of his occasion contesting within the general elections after an inner ballot held amongst members of the organisation.
Jayakumar criticises Panneerselvam
Earlier, the AIADMK’s organisation secretary and former Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar blamed Mr. Panneerselvam for having betrayed his “mentors” T.T.V. Dhinakaran and V.Okay. Sasikala and “not being consistent” in his place. He added that there wouldn’t be any affect of the previous coordinator’s actions on the AIADMK’s staff. He maintained that there was no hurry in the best way the election was being held for the submit of general secretary.
