AIADMK's internal dispute turns ugly leading to OPS' walk of shame
India Today
O Panneerselvam, popularly known as OPS, was apparently snubbed in the meet and slogans were raised against him.
The political drama in the AIADMK camp went on till the wee hours of June 23, with the coordinator of the party, O Panneerselvam (OPS), gaining a partial victory with a court order that restricted the general council from making a decision on unitary leadership. The day kicked off with celebrations at both OPS and E Palaniswami (EPS) camps.
While leaders backing EPS called him as the general secretary of the party, OPS's men called him the successor to J Jayalalithaa, the former chief of AIADMK. Once the general council meeting began, it was a displace of chaos with slogans against OPS. Bottles were also hurled at the former chief minister for opposing the unitary leadership -- an idea that is backed by many inside the party.
On Thursday morning, senior leader and MP CV Shanmugam declared that all the 23 resolutions, which were supposed to be taken up, were rejected by the council.
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"All 23 resolutions have been rejected by the general council. Now they have only one request and that is to bring unitary leadership. The general council shall be called again after including a resolution on unitary leadership. Then all resolutions will be passed," KP Munusamy said.
Following this, CV Shanmugam presented a demand to Tamil Magan Hussain that the cadres were upset due to the lack of communication that was caused by dual leadership within the party.
"To fulfil Amma's [Jayalalithaa] wish, a strong and clear unitary leadership needs to be created," said Shanmugam. A demand for a special general council meeting was also put forth by the EPS supporters.
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