All AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) MLAs have been ordered to come to Chennai on October 6. Who will be the Chief Ministerial candidate of AIADMK? Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy or Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneer Selvam. Both the sides have determined to be the chief ministerial candidates themselves.
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK asks its MLAs to be present at the party headquarters in Chennai on October 6.
— ANI (@ANI) October 2, 2020
AIADMK leader, KP Munuswamy said that co-ordinator O. Panneerselvam and co-coordinator Edappadi Palanisamy would jointly announce the CM candidate on October 7.
Meanwhile, for the past few days, Dy CM Panneer Selvam has been avoiding events adjacently attended by Chief Minister Edappadi. Moreover, the two have been in frequent consultation with his supporters.
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections are set to happen in April or May 2021. The power struggle between the present Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneer Selvam for CM candidate has reached a climax. The issue was resonated at a recent AIADMK executive committee meeting and no decision was taken in the talks which lasted for 5 hours.
A sudden order for AIADMK MLAs to come to Chennai, is the CM candidate controversy coming to an end?
The announcement of the AIADMK’s chief ministerial candidate is confirmed to be on October 7.
