Panneerselvam acting at DMK's behest: Sasikala
Asserting that there was no rift within the party, AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala Natarajan on Tuesday accused Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam of acting at the behest of DMK. Calling AIADMK a united single family, Sasikala removed Panneerselvam from the post of the party's Treasurer. This came after he claimed that he was forced to step down as the CM.
AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan today said that DMK was behind interim chief minister O Panneerselvam's revolt against her. She had called for an emergency meeting at the Poes Garden late on Tuesday night after a dramatic turn in Tamil Nadu's politics wherein the incumbent Tamil Nadu CM Panneerselvam dropped a bombshell, saying he was forced to resign and propose party general secretary Sasikala's name to the top elected post in the state.Taking a major stand, Sasikala removed O Panneerselvam from the post of AIADMK's treasurer and came out of Poes Garden after a 3-hour long meeting, waving at the large number of supporters. Sasikala said all the party legislators were united as a single family. She said that DMK was behind Panneerselvam's action citing the bonhomie between him and DMK's working president MK Stalin in the Assembly. 