ADMK meet Thursday may finally settle row, EPS likely to have his way | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Senior AIADMK leaders who support Edappadi K Palaniswami have questioned O Panneerselvam and rejected his proposal for postponement of the June 23 party general counsel meeting.
AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam (OPS) appears to be on the losing wicket ahead of a crucial meeting of the party where joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) is likely to press for a single leadership system.
Senior AIADMK leaders who support EPS have questioned OPS and rejected his proposal for postponement of the June 23 party general counsel meeting.
The party has had a dual-leadership arrangement since 2017. Senior AIADMK leaders told The Indian Express that EPS is likely to pass the resolution for single leadership at the party meeting.
Top party sources told The Indian Express that OPS, who also held the Chief Minister post several times stepping in on Jayalalithaa’s behalf, only enjoys the support of three of the party’s 66 MLAs now, 10 of its 75 district secretaries, and 150 to 170 of its 2,500 general council members.
Following Jayalalithaa’s death in 2016, the two camps had agreed on joint leadership — with OPS becoming the coordinator and EPS the joint coordinator – so as to keep out Jayalalithaa’s close aide V K Sasikala, who had assumed the position of the AIADMK’s interim general secretary.
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