The opposition AIADMK, battered and bruised in back-to-back polls since the 2019 general elections, is trying for a make-over but the lack of unity among its top leaders, O. Panneerselvam and K. Palaniswami, is creating issues for the party.
AIADMK sacks member who gave Sasikala car bearing party flag
The close associate of former Chief Minister late J. Jayalalithaa and the former General secretary of AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala popularly known as Chinnamma among the AIADMK cadres has reportedly hinted that she would return to active politics.
She in a telephonic call to a party worker on Saturday hinted that she may come back to politics and that she will take over the AIADMK.
AIADMK is reeling under the electoral defeat and infighting between the two senior leaders former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and former Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam has peaked.
MADURAI, India - The ghosts of leaders past haunt Tamil Nadu as the southern state prepares to elect its government on Tuesday (April 6).
In Chennai, a woman eating idli froze as she heard the voice of the late Ms J. Jayalalithaa endorsing a candidate for her party, until she realised that the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) was simply running an old tape of the leader in a passing campaign van.
In Madurai, teashops blared a song about the late Mr M Karunanidhi s oratory in canvassing votes for his son MK Stalin, the leader of the current opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.