Chennai: Former foes O Panneerselvam and TTV Dhinakaran turned associates on Monday evening, introduced collectively by the frequent issue that they each have been ousted from the AIADMK.
Each the previous AIADMK leaders got here out of the assembly from TTV’s residence in Chennai, held a joint press convention, joined palms and introduced their resolution to work collectively.
Panruti Ramachandran, a veteran of the AIADMK who was additionally expelled for siding with Panneerselvam (OPS), informed reporters that they’ve determined a “working association” just like the CPI and CPI (M).
This comes months after Panneerselvam (OPS) has been saying that the AIADMK needs to be united after its present common secretary Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) had expelled him final July. TTV was ousted in 2017 alongside along with his aunt and one other former AIADMK chief V Ok Sasikala on the insistence of OPS to hitch palms then with EPS.
However issues have drastically modified in Tamil Nadu’s essential opposition occasion. On the one aspect there may be EPS-led AIADMK and towards him are the trio of OPS, TTV and Sasikala. Whereas TTV heads a breakaway faction, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), since 2018, OPS has three MLAs who help him and Sasikala hopes to reclaim her place and management, however in useless. Each OPS and TTV stated that they don’t wish to converse of the previous and trigger additional splits.
TTV stated that this association won’t have an effect on his five-year-old occasion. “Amma’s (J Jayalalithaa’s) occasion has been hijacked by these with cash and muscle energy. Me and OPS wish to reclaim it.” stated TTV. “My cadres have been asking me for seven months after I’m going to satisfy OPS. We each don’t have any vengeance towards one another. We have been separated due to a couple causes. We have now not united at present out of self-interest.”
OPS stated he wished to satisfy Sasikala too. “However she is just not within the metropolis. She has stated that we might positively meet on her return,” OPS stated. “As a primary step in direction of reclaiming our occasion we now have met at present. Our intention is to unite our cadre and produce again the glory of the AIADMK.” OPS additionally issued a reminder that his authorized case towards the occasion’s common council assembly final July which abolished the twin management (OPS as coordinator and EPS as joint-coordinator) and expelled him and elected EPS is just not absolutely over.
EPS has stated that he’s able to welcome anybody who has left the occasion besides the trio. This additionally comes at a time when the BJP and AIADMK have firmed up the continuation of their alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.