Category: Tamil Nadu

In a tit for tat move, the O. Panneerselvam camp today “removed” AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and her two relatives from the party for “going against its principles and ideals”. In a statement, E. Madusudanan, who was earlier removed as Presidium Chairman by Ms. Sasikala, said she had “violated” her promise to the late Jayalalithaa that she will not […]

Mr. Panneerselvam visited Jayalalithaa’s memorial on Thursday night, the third time in less than 10 days, and spent some time there with his supporters, including Ma Foi Pandiarajan, Ponnaiyan, and other leaders in his camp. He paid a floral tribute at Jayalalithaa’s memorial. “Amma (Jayalalithaa) made it clear that she only allowed Sasikala back into the party (after expelling her […]

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday appointed Edappadi K Palaniswami as chief minister. The Governor invited him to form the ministry at the earliest. The governor requested the chief minister-designate to seek the vote confidence of the assembly within 15 days. His appointment is in acceptance of the “letter of submitted by Palaniswami on Tuesday that he was […]

Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday invited AIADMK legislature party leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami to form the government in Tamil Nadu. A statement from the Raj Bhavan said, Hon’be Governor has requested the Chief Minister-designate, Thiru Edappadi K. Palaniswami to seek the vote of confidence of the Assembly within 15 days. He will be sworn in at 4 p.m.

Following AIADMK chief Sasikala’s conviction, Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao today asked both Palanisamy and Panneerselvam to come up with their list of supporters in their bid to become the next chief minister. Highly-placed sources have said that if Palanisamy is able to present a list of more than 118 supporters, he will be sworn in as the CM. […]

One of the recently appointed Organising Secretaries of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and former MLA V. Karuppasamy Pandian, who re-entered the outfit only seven months ago, resigned the party position on Wednesday in protest against the appointment of T.T.V. Dinakaran as party’s deputy general secretary. “I cannot digest the appointment of a person, who was removed from the […]