Tamil Nadu: Edappadi K Palaniswami files nomination for general secretary election; Panneerselvam termed it illegal. Chennai News
Chennai: Leadership tussle AIADMK The ruckus about the interim general secretary has intensified Edappadi K Palaniswami Filed nomination for the post of General Secretary on Saturday. expelled leader O PanneerselvamMeanwhile, lashed out at the EPS, accusing him of announcing the election in an autocratic manner.
“A petition filed in the High Court against the illegal announcement of election schedule in complete violation of party rules is coming up for hearing on Sunday,” Panneerselvam said. He also wrote a letter to the Election Commission, complaining about the “illegal” declaration and requested the Election Commission not to make any changes in the election records in view of the pendency of civil suits.
Apart from EPS, 37 cadres also filed nominations on their behalf, but they would be rejected for not meeting the criteria of the bylaws. Speaking to reporters at his residence soon after Palaniswami filed his nomination at the party headquarters, Panneerselvam compared the GS election to pickpocketing. A general council held on July 11 overruled the earlier decision to have late chief minister J Jayalalithaa as general secretary in perpetuity and amended the party bylaws to allow candidates for the post of general secretary to be proposed and approved by the 10 district secretaries. demanded. , The former CM said, “The Election Commission has not recognized the resolutions which were passed illegally.”
Launching a scathing attack on Palaniswami, the OPS said that Palaniswami had resorted to amending the bye-laws to get all the posts to him and his coterie. He alleged that the EPS was responsible for the party’s continuous defeat in the elections and the party’s poor performance in Erode East. Panneerselvam said, “No politician has ever been a supreme dictator in Tamil Nadu. He (EPS) has now reached that stage.” The expelled leader said Palaniswami had single-handedly created a “wave of protest” against him and the recent “emotional” outburst of one man against the EPS at the Madurai airport had reverberated across the state. He announced a public rally in Trichy in the second week of April followed by a district-wise tour to revive the party.
On the possibility of Panneerselvam joining hands with VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran, veteran leader Panaruti S Ramachandran, an OPS supporter, said it would jeopardize Sasikala’s petition against the General Council for her removal from the post of general secretary, while Dhinakaran was running his own operations. Team. “The election of the general secretary by the EPS group is childish as the matter is pending before the court and the Election Commission,” he said. Meanwhile, EPS supporter and former minister D Jayakumar said that OPS was an opportunist and lacked cadre support.
“A petition filed in the High Court against the illegal announcement of election schedule in complete violation of party rules is coming up for hearing on Sunday,” Panneerselvam said. He also wrote a letter to the Election Commission, complaining about the “illegal” declaration and requested the Election Commission not to make any changes in the election records in view of the pendency of civil suits.
Apart from EPS, 37 cadres also filed nominations on their behalf, but they would be rejected for not meeting the criteria of the bylaws. Speaking to reporters at his residence soon after Palaniswami filed his nomination at the party headquarters, Panneerselvam compared the GS election to pickpocketing. A general council held on July 11 overruled the earlier decision to have late chief minister J Jayalalithaa as general secretary in perpetuity and amended the party bylaws to allow candidates for the post of general secretary to be proposed and approved by the 10 district secretaries. demanded. , The former CM said, “The Election Commission has not recognized the resolutions which were passed illegally.”
Launching a scathing attack on Palaniswami, the OPS said that Palaniswami had resorted to amending the bye-laws to get all the posts to him and his coterie. He alleged that the EPS was responsible for the party’s continuous defeat in the elections and the party’s poor performance in Erode East. Panneerselvam said, “No politician has ever been a supreme dictator in Tamil Nadu. He (EPS) has now reached that stage.” The expelled leader said Palaniswami had single-handedly created a “wave of protest” against him and the recent “emotional” outburst of one man against the EPS at the Madurai airport had reverberated across the state. He announced a public rally in Trichy in the second week of April followed by a district-wise tour to revive the party.
On the possibility of Panneerselvam joining hands with VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran, veteran leader Panaruti S Ramachandran, an OPS supporter, said it would jeopardize Sasikala’s petition against the General Council for her removal from the post of general secretary, while Dhinakaran was running his own operations. Team. “The election of the general secretary by the EPS group is childish as the matter is pending before the court and the Election Commission,” he said. Meanwhile, EPS supporter and former minister D Jayakumar said that OPS was an opportunist and lacked cadre support.
