No individual can capture AIADMK, says O. Panneerselvam

Ex-Deputy CM says he will depose before Arumughasamy Commission

AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam on Wednesday categorically said that no individual or a person belonging to “one family” would be allowed to take over control of the party. Responding to a question on former party interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala’s claim that she would soon be back to retrieve control and save the AIADMK, Mr.Panneerselvam pointed out that he and co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami were discharging their duties through consensus (since August 2017). “The AIADMK general council and the cadre have endorsed this arrangement,” he said. Contending that the vote share difference between the DMK and the AIADMK was marginal – which he attributed to the DMK’s “false” electoral promises – Mr.Panneerselvam said the party remained strong and intact. “No individual can any more try to shake the party,” he said. “The foundation is so strong and laid by the late leaders MGR and Jayalalithaa, that the party would remain intact under the (joint) leadership of Mr.Palaniswami and him and other senior leaders.”