Edappadi Palaniswami to attend NDA Delhi meet on July 18: Jayakumar

AIADMK's Edappadi K. Palaniswami invited to NDA meeting in Delhi; party to hold conference in Madurai on Aug 20. Jayakumar questions naming of library after Karunanidhi, suggests utilising ₹81 crore for essential commodities.

CHENNAI AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has been invited for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting in Delhi on July 18 and he shall be attending it, the party’s organising secretary D. Jayakumar said on Sunday.

Mr. Palaniswami held a meeting with AIADMK’s senior office-bearers at the party headquarters and discussed the preparations for the upcoming conference in Madurai on August 20, Mr. Jayakumar told reporters.

Referring to the library in Madurai, he asked why it was named after former Chief Minister Karunanidhi? “It could have been named after poet Thiruvalluvar or other Tamil scholars,” he said.

Mr. Jayakumar also said instead of spending ₹81 crore on the proposed pen monument in the Marina, the amount could be utilised for providing essential commodities at subsidised rates amid the price increase or for other developmental projects.