The remarks came amid claims of some opposition parties that BJP was pushing use of Hindi in South
The merger between O Panneerselvam camp and Edapadi Palaniswami camp in AIADMK has hit a road block. Former Chief Minister and late J Jayalalithaa close aid Panneerselvam announced that he dissolved the committee he had set up to hold talks with Chief Minister Palaniswami camp.In a later evening on Sunday, Panneerselvam said that he had dissolved the committee. The seven-member panel formed in April hold merger talks between the two AIADMK factions.He accused the ruling AIADMK faction of enacting a drama and said he was disbanding the merger negotiating team of his own group."After the setting up of the negotiation team, they started playing a drama. We were not ready to play any dramas," he said.The OPS camp, which presently has 12 MPs and 11 legislators, also said that the EPS faction has not honoured their demands of expelling party chief VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran.The decision was based on the feedback from our cadres, common people, especially from ladies, said ...
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The development came after 10-hour long grilling of Dinakaran
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Pandiarajan claims that 122 MLAs belonging to AIADMK were forcibly held hostage at Golden Bay Resort
This came a day after Panneerselvam-group threatened to quit the merger if their demands are not met
Dinakaran earlier said that he had decided to stay out
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O Panneerselvam has welcomed the idea of a merger
The Election Commission has decided to freezed AIADMK's two leaves symbol. An interim order was passed on Wednesday late night by the Commission after a day long hearing. Meanwhile, the two AIADMK factions have got new poll symbols for the upcoming bye-election at R.K. Nagar, while both the parties they will continue to fight legally to get the two leaves symbol.Two parties are claiming that the symbol should be allotted to them. One is led by V.K.Sasikala, General Secretary, AIADMK, who is behind the bars at Karnataka now, and the other one is led by late J Jayalalithaa's trusted aide and Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.The Election Commission ordered that neither of the two groups be permitted to use the two leaves symbol of AIADMK.The poll body said both the groups shall be known by such names as they may choose for their respective groups showing, if they so desire, linkage with their parent party, the AIADMK.The Election Commission has directed both the groups to furnish ...
Both groups shall be allotted different symbols from the list of free symbols notified by the EC