After legal setback against OPS, EPS camp may call for interim meet to pass resolution on unitary leadership
India Today
The EPS camp may call for an interim general council meeting to pass a resolution on unitary leadership in the AIADMK after a Chennai divisional court bench ruled that no new resolutions can be introduced in the AIADMK general council meeting on Thursday.
O Panneerselvam’s (OPS) camp rejoiced a division bench's order preventing any new resolutions to be taken up, including on the unitary leadership, during the AIADMK general council meeting (GC) on June 23. However, the Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) camp may still have one more card up its sleeve.
The EPS camp is relying on the AIADMK bylaws, which allow for an interim general council meeting to be conducted within one month. The EPS camp is hoping to call for an interim GC and then pass the resolution for unitary leadership then.
After multiple setbacks for the O Panneerselvam (OPS) camp, a division bench of Justice Duraiswamy and Justice Sundar Mohan ordered that the AIADMK GC meeting should only hear the 23 resolutions which were already presented to OPS for his approval. It also said that no decision can be taken on the issue of unitary leadership in today's meeting.
This order comes as a huge relief for the OPS camp. This also led to a senior AIADMK leader on OPS's side confirming that the party coordinator would attend the general council meeting.
The EPS camp, which enjoys the majority support, saw huge celebrations on Thursday morning ahead of the GC meeting. Banners calling EPS the general secretary of the party were also set up.
At the OPS camp, posters have been made, calling him the successor of Jayalalithaa and asking him to take the leadership of the party.
On June 22, during the Madras High court hearing on conducting the general council meeting, EPS's counsel said the general council has the power to amend, modify or delete bylaws of the party and that EPS or OPS cannot give an undertaking on whether any bylaws will be amended or not.
