AIADMK General Council Meeting HIGHLIGHTS: Party Rejects All 23 Resolutions, Demands Single Leadership
AIADMK General Council Meeting Live Updates: Amid speculations that O Panneerselvam may skip the meet as leaders shifted their support to ex-CM EPS, OPS started to party office on Thursday morning.
Background
Chennai: AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) started to the party office as the party's general council meeting was scheduled at 10 am Venkatachalapathy Palace on Thursday. The AIADMK general council meeting is scheduled to take place amid the unitary leadership row in AIADMK.
The controversy even made Madras High Court hear a plea moved by AIADMK General Council member Shanmugam in the wee hours of Thursday. The case was heard by a division bench of Justice M Duraiswamy and Justice Sunder Mohan who appealed against Madras's High Court order pronounced on Wednesday.
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In the order, the bench said that only decisions over 23 resolutions could be taken and other resolutions should not be passed in the meeting, as per a report on ANI.
However, the court said, the AIADMK members can discuss other matters of the party.
The order came after hours of Madras HC refusing to restrain AIADMK general council meeting scheduled on Thursday.
The general council meet was originally viewed as a way for EPS faction to show its strength. Even several leaders who supported OPS camp shifted their support to EPS during the run-up to the meet. However, the court order has favoured the OPS faction.
The row between EPS and OPS started after district secretaries reportedly demanded the party to select a single leader and claimed that their performance has reduced due to the dual leadership of the party.
AIADMK after the demise of Jayalalithaa started following the dual leadership formula with EPS and OPS steering the party.
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