Edappadi Palaniswami has been moving the pieces to present himself as the sole leader of the ADMK after the Supreme Court verdict that the ADMK General Assembly will be held on July 11. He also announced the election for the post of General Secretary and filed his nomination. As no one else will file nomination, it is almost certain that Edappadi Palaniswami will be elected unopposed, the RRAs say.
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But, at the other end, O. Panneerselvam stands awake not knowing what the next moves are. In this context, he met the reporters at Madurai Airport on March 16 and said, “Edappadi Palaniswami has been acting outside the law since the beginning till now. “If there is an opportunity, I will work with DTV Thinakaran and I will meet Sasikala soon,” he said.
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“The ADMK is becoming a party for a certain community due to Edappadi Palaniswami, we need to recover the double leaf from them,” said ADMK General Secretary DTV Dinakaran. In this situation, O. Panneerselvam’s statement that “I will work with DTV Dinakaran” has become a topic of discussion in the political field.

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When asked about this in the OPS area, “Regarding Edappadi Palaniswami, he is only intent on taking control of the party. As much as he tried to control the party, he could not win the elections. That’s what we see in our favor. They lost badly in the by-elections held in Kongu region, which they claim to be their stronghold, and left the stronghold. In that case Chinnamma, Annan O.P.S., TTV three will support us in the southern districts of Kaikoth.

RB Udayakumar and Rajan Chellappa can exert influence within their respective areas. But they cannot mobilize the entire people of the southern district. We will explain this to the BJP and talk to the alliance in the parliamentary elections under our leadership. Since Edappadi Palaniswami is of the mindset that it is enough to remove BJP, BJP will definitely consider this. Then there is a chance that the party will automatically come to us.”
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While OPS is devising such a strategy, it has been reported that “If there is an alliance in the parliamentary elections under the leadership of ADMK, I will resign from the post of president” among the Annamalai administrators. Kamalalaya circles say that the plan in Annamalai is to raise the bar and create an image that the BJP has grown under his leadership, even if he cannot win if he contests alone. Political commentators say that the alliance accounts can change in any way within a year because the strategy formulated by OPS will be compatible with this strategy of Annamalai and because Edappadi Palaniswami has left BJP and started working as an autocrat.

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But, “Let partnership accounts change however they want. If BJP leaves, we will gain. The loss is theirs. So, don’t worry about it. Party and symbol are important. We have them. Look carefully at the work of strengthening the Booth Committee. Also seriously take up the work of bringing disaffected AMU and OPS supporters with us. “Everything else will happen automatically,” says Edappadi Palaniswami, who is giving self-confidence to the administrators.