Tamil Nadu: AIADMK Leader OPS Writes To Election Commission, Calls Meet Held By EPS Camp 'Illegal'

In the letter, OPS said, “The election of presidium chairman at the general council and the headquarters functionaries meeting held on Monday was illegal and unlawful.”

O Panneerselvam | Credit: ABP Nadu

Chennai: AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam on Monday informed the Election Commission of India about the developments that took place during the party’s General Council meeting held on June 23 and the meeting held in the headquarters on Monday termed it as ‘illegal and unlawful’.

O Panneerselvam called the meeting a violation of bylaws and rules as such “meetings could be convened only with the approval of both coordinator and joint coordinator.”

This letter comes just a few hours after AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam’s photo was torn from AIADMK banner by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) supporters which were kept at AIADMK office. Later EPS camp clarified that we will keep a new banner soon and we should avoid such incidents in future.

Later, a new banner with O.Pannerselvam face has been set up at AIADMK Headquarters.

In the letter, OPS said, “The election of presidium chairman at the general council and the headquarters functionaries meeting held on Monday was illegal and unlawful.”

After AIADMK’s headquarters secretary (Edappadi K Palaniswami) called for a meeting of AIADMK headquarters functionaries at 10 am on Monday at the party office in Chennai, O Panneerselvam said that the meeting has been called in contravention of the party’s bylaw.

OPS, in the letter, said that only the coordinator and co-coordinator have the powers to convene any party meeting and any decision taken in such meetings will not have any say over the coordinator and joint coordinator of the party.

On June 24, the battle for single leadership in the AIADMK between former Tamil Nadu chief minister and party co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and his former deputy CM and coordinator O Panneersevelam (OPS) seems to have ended as OPS ceased to be the coordinator of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).