AIADMK will become weak under EPS, says Dhinakaran
The Hindu
CHENNAI
AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran on Wednesday said the AIADMK, under the leadership of Edappadi K. Palaniswami, would become weak in the days to come.
Addressing journalists at the AMMK headquarters after hoisting the party flag to mark its sixth foundation day, Mr. Dhinakaran said that even in the byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency, the AIADMK could not cash in on the “anti-incumbency” against the DMK regime.
He accused Mr. Palaniswami of having reduced the AIADMK to a party of “one community”. He reiterated the need for all genuine followers of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to unite under one umbrella and defeat the DMK in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
In a statement, the AIADMK’s former coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, referred to reports of a shortage of milk supplied by the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation, known more by its brand Aavin, in Chennai, and said that after the DMK captured power, complaints regarding the functioning of Aavin had been cropping up frequently. He asked Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to carry out a review of the functioning of the organisation and ensure that milk and other dairy byproducts were being supplied sufficiently to people.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.