Amid the continued COVID-19 disaster in Tamil Nadu, there was a silent ‘Statement war’ taking place in the state. A political tussle between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Coordinator, O Paneerselvam, and Joint Coordinator Edappadi Palanisamy that has been on for years has now taken a new flip.
The duo has been issuing particular person statements for the previous few weeks and a silent battle between EPS and OPS began from the drift that occurred in 2017.
Meanwhile, the ‘Statement war’ started when OPS issued a person assertion through the begin of May when Amma canteen at JJ Nagar in Chennai was vandalised by DMK males. ‘Attack on Amma canteen is condemnable. Those involved in the crime should be punished immediately’, his assertion learn.
On May 5, OPS and EPS issued a joint assertion condemning the vandalism on the Amma canteen. Later, when MK Stalin took oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and shaped the Government, there got here a discuss in the state that who would be the subsequent Opposition chief.
The get together had a couple of high-end conferences having a lengthy dialogue about who would be the chief of the Opposition. After days-long arguments, EPS was chosen because the chief of Opposition by the get together, which made OPS take a step again.
Soon after turning into the chief of Opposition, EPS wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging oxygen beds for Tamil Nadu hospitals and to guarantee extra provide of Oxygen, COVID Vaccine to the state and points concerning TN fishermen.
OPS for his half, additionally issued his assertion to CM Stalin to search rapid steps to management Mucormycosis, the black fungal an infection, in the state and guarantee satisfactory COVID-19 vaccines.
On May 25, Palanisamy in his particular person assertion urged the state authorities to enhance oxygen beds in hospitals and calculate methods to carry down COVID deaths in the state.
When minister Nilofer Kafeel resigned from the get together, OPS and EPS on May 21 issued a joint assertion, which mentioned he has been faraway from the get together for performing towards get together’s rules.
News18 reached out to senior journalist SP Lakshmanan concerning the matter
Q: Will particular person statements from OPS and EPS a consent of single-leadership battle in the get together once more?
Initially, OPS was reluctant to announce EPS as Chief Ministerial Candidate. He was really pressurised to announce so. That was the primary back-step for OPS.
Secondly, through the Tamil Nadu meeting election constituency allotment, there have been variations in opinion between EPS and OPS. After the ballot outcomes, OPS sought to be the chief of the Opposition, at the very least, however EPS was not keen to quit. Later, after taking oath because the chief of Opposition, EPS stood to be the primary to challenge a person assertion urging the federal government to enhance the variety of Remdesivir in the state. Beyond all the pieces, issuing a person assertion is in violation of get together norms.
Still, OPS stays in his highly effective place as Coordinator of the get together. So OPS, on his half began issuing particular person statements for self-protection. Both EPS and OPS actions are towards the get together norms in accordance to their deal which isn’t a good signal for his or her get together. If AIADMK is once more marching in the direction of single-leadership chaos, EPS seems to emerge as the one chief of the get together. Whereas OPS, owing to a lack of supporters and energy, seeks to be part of fingers with Sasikala and sketches to carry Sasikala legally into the get together.
Q: Is O Paneerselvam shedding energy?
The wrestle between OPS and EPS to maintain their management powers has compelled OPS to transfer in the direction of Sasikala. Finally, a single-leadership battle will between EPS, and OPS ‘in support of’ Sasikala.
Q: Intra-Party Conflict in AIADMK?
There’s certainly an intra-party battle prevailing in AIADMK that went to an extent of each (OPS and EPS) presumably wanting to defeat each other.
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