From A Salem Village To Becoming AIADMK's Boss, EPS Has Come A Long Way
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Mr Palaniswami has come a long way in the AIADMK, now the main opposition party and one that has ruled Tamil Nadu for over three decades.
A month after the Supreme Court's stamp of approval over his leadership, Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Tuesday formally graduated as its General Secretary, after being the interim general secretary of the 50-year old organisation for the past seven months.
On Tuesday, the Madras High Court rejected the pleas of EPS' rival leader O Panneerselvam and his aides against the July 11, 2022 AIADMK general council resolutions as well as the conduct of the general secretary election, announced in the wake of the February 23 Supreme Court verdict allowing him to continue as the party's interim chief.
AIADMK founder and the late Chief Minister MG Ramachandran was the party's first general secretary after he founded it in 1972. The late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was general secretary from 1989 to 2016 till her death. Her confidante VK Sasikala was elected interim general secretary post Jayalalithaa's demise but she was later convicted and sentenced to a 4 year prison term in a graft case.
Mr Palaniswami has come a long way in the AIADMK, now the main opposition party and one that has ruled Tamil Nadu for over three decades.
