![]() At her funeral, the Sasikala family had the audacity to stand close to her, along with their benami Thambidurai (AIADMK MP and Lok Sabha deputy speaker) and Vijay Bhaskar (health minister),” Madhusudhanan says.“Of course we are suspicious.” What does that say?”īoth the rivalling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and the Sasikala faction had accused OPS & co. of asking for an enquiry into late Jayalalithaa’s death only after Panneerselvam had been ousted. Dhinakaran’s campaigns? We wear OPS’s name proudly. “Do you see Sasikala’s picture anywhere in T.T.V. ![]() He has no right,” he shot back, on being questioned about his sacking from the party. Dhinakaran? Amma had not made him anything. OPS, he proudly says, has given him a new lease of life. They asked me for sand one day, water the next day, cement the day after that. “The reason why I could barely contest or be an active participant in politics is because of (Sasikala’s family). Reeling from the Sasikala faction dethroning him from the post of presidium chairman of the party, he rubbishes the family’s legitimacy. Nagar area and enjoying a local following, the tremor in his hands are visible and his feet drag along in an effort to keep up with his weary body. Known to rub shoulders with bigwigs in the R.K. The faction’s 75-year-old candidate, however, has just started finding his way around a smartphone.Īfter 30 years of not having contested a single election, Madhusudhanan is back. For the first time in India, we have a mobile MLA app where people can voice grievances,” he exclaims, the fifth mention of the scheme reducing his voice to a drawl. Scampering for a pamphlet of the manifesto with tables tipping over, the promised schemes are read out with a conviction in Pandiarajan’s voice. Jayalalithaa’s death and Panneerselvam’s subsequent ouster as chief minister in February this year. The ‘electric pole’ symbol came about when the ruling party split in the wake of J. Nagar by-poll, which has been scheduled for April 12. Panneerselvam (OPS) faction of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Pandiarajan, the charismatic voice of the O. Madhusudhanan Party: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK, Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) Age: 75 yearsĪ papier mâché streetlight model hangs high over K. Nagar by-poll in Chennai on April 5, 2017. ![]() Later on a police complaint was filed against both.Workers readying EVMs for the R.K. When AIADMK cadres present at the airport came to know about the incident, they surrounded Rajeswaran and reportedly attacked him. When asked if the 'anger' amongst people in South Tamil Nadu would show in the performance of the AIADMK in the upcoming 2024 general elections, Dhinakaran charged that the party has already become weak in North and South Tamil Nadu and that it has become only a West region party.įurther, speaking about the ongoing war of words between BJP and AIADMK leaders over the latter 'poaching' functionaries from the saffron party, Dhinakaran said that the BJP will soon come to know that EPS is a real betrayer.ĮPS, AIADMK's interim General Secretary, was travelling from Chennai to Madurai to attend a party meeting in Sivaganga when he was heckled by a party functionary of AMMK, Rajeswaran, who also called him a 'traitor'. Granting of 10.5 per cent internal reservation in education and jobs to the Vanniyar community by EPS was also another move which has also not gone down well with the Thevar community.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |