INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (AIADMK) in Chennai on Monday turned out to be stormy with the leadership question casting
meeting.Even as senior leaders of the AIADMK kept saying all is well and that CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Paneerselvam are
sources within the party, the CM is said to have had an upper hand in the discussion
that Palaniswami made a point that everyone was chosen by the same person after the demise of the former CM.During the meeting, EPS
He also reminded the members on how 11 MLAs, including OPS, had voted against the EPS government in 2017.OPS, meanwhile, suggested that this
was done not against the party but only against Sasikala and her family who were trying to control the party
between the CM and Deputy CM
Formation of the 11-member executive committee and the CM candidate for upcoming state elections in 2021 remain the bone of
Senior party leaders have said the AIADMK will announce its CM candidate on October 7.Meanwhile, even as the party tries to put a united
front, there are several undercurrents
There have been several poster wars between CM, and Deputy CM and many senior leaders of the party have been taking sides and speaking in
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