AIADMK MLAs to meet on Sunday with Presidential polls, Panneerselvam’s successor on agenda

Chennai, 16/7: AIADMK Legislature Party leader and interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will on Sunday chair a meeting of the party legislators to discuss the Presidential elections scheduled for July 18. It is also expected to discuss replacing O Panneerselvam, who was expelled as the deputy leader of the legislature party on July 11.

With the AIADMK headquarters sealed, the meeting will be held at a five-star hotel in Chennai, sources in the know told DH. The meeting is being held to tell the MLAs how to vote in the Presidential elections, the sources said, adding that BJP MLA Vanathi Sreenivasan, polling agent of NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu, is likely to explain the process to the legislators.

 

AIADMK has 66 legislators but only 63 are expected to attend the meeting as Panneerselvam, and his supporters R Vaithilingam and P H Manoj Pandian have been expelled from the party. “The meeting is primarily to discuss the Presidential polls but is also likely to discuss the vacant deputy leader of opposition post,” a senior leader said.