O. Panneerselvam on south Tamil Nadu tour, EPS faction convenes top functionaries meet
The Hindu
Hitting out at the rival EPS camp, AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam today said ‘cadres are on my side’ and asserted that people and party workers would punish his detractors
The rumblings within the AIADMK over who should helm the party intensified on Sunday with O. Panneerselvam (OPS) embarking on a tour of southern Tamil Nadu, V. K. Sasikala asserting that she would address issues and the dominant Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) faction calling for a brainstorming meet of top office-bearers on June 27.
Hitting out at the rival EPS camp, AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam today said ‘cadres are on my side’, and asserted that people and party workers would punish his detractors.
V. K. Sasikala, a confidante of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, who was eased out of the party years ago toured northern Tamil Nadu and said she would step in to put the house in order. Her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran held consultations with his party workers.
The AIADMK, apparently the dominant EPS camp convened a meeting of top office-bearers on Monday at the party headquarters in Chennai, while OPS, who is the treasurer is away to consult with his supporters.
The war of words between the dominant EPS and sidelined OPS factions continued, while the AIADMK’s official Tamil daily (Namadhu Amma), featured only the name of EPS in the founder’s column, on its masthead. Till Saturday, the names of both OPS and EPS appeared.
Embarking on a tour of southern Tamil Nadu after he was sidelined in the June 23 General Council meet, Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, was given a grand welcome by his supporters, who gathered in large numbers in several areas in southern Tamil Nadu to accord him a rousing reception.
Panneerselvam told reporters here that ‘party workers are on my side.’ OPS, who arrived here today from Chennai, was presented a sword by his followers enroute to his home district of Theni.
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