AIADMK hardening its stance against Sasikala
The Hindu
Led by Palaniswami, Salem rural unit adopts resolution
The AIADMK appears to be reinforcing its confrontationist stand against former interim general secretary of the party, V.K. Sasikala, with several district units adopting resolutions against her in the past two days. On Wednesday and Thursday, at least four district units — Salem (rural), Villupuram (north), north Chennai (southeast) and Puducherry unit (east) — passed motions, condemning Ms. Sasikala for seeking to “take over the party and create confusion among its cadre”. On Monday, party legislators, who met in Chennai to elect office-bearers for the legislature party, passed a motion against her.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.