AIADMK leaders want Dhinakaran, Sasikala brought back into the party
Senior AIADMK leaders are pressuring party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami to readmit T.T.V. Dhinakaran and V.K. Sasikala. The leaders argue that party unity is essential to recover from recent electoral losses.
Why it matters
Internal power struggles within the AIADMK impact the political landscape of Tamil Nadu and the party's future electoral prospects.
Refusing to accept the new posts given to them in the AIADMK, leaders including C.Ve. Shanmugam, Natham R. Viswanathan, S.P. Velumani, and K.P. Anbalagan, said they would fall in line with party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami only after he agreed to listen to their demands.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Velumani said they had already urged Mr. Palaniswami to convene a meeting to discuss threadbare the reasons for the defeat in the elections. “We still have not reached any accord on that, and we have not accepted the posts given to us,” he said.
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