Panruti Ramachandran, a veteran of the AIADMK who was also expelled for siding with OPS, described their reunion as a “working arrangement” like the CPI and CPI (M). On May 8, OPS met TTV at his residence in Chennai, held a joint press conference, joined hands and announced their decision to work together. This was addressed when an EPS-led delegation flew to Delhi last month to meet BJP party president J P Nadda and Union home minister Amit Shah, where Annamalai was also present. ![]() In the past few weeks his relationship with EPS has been deteriorating. “But, we will not interfere in their internal matters.”Įarlier this year, reports emerged about Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai telling his party in a closed door meeting that his personal belief is to breakaway from the AIADMK. “We have always wanted the AIADMK to be united so that our alliance is stronger to defeat the DMK,” said a BJP leader in Tamil Nadu. The BJP did not succeed in convincing EPS to bring back Sasikala into the party for the 2021 assembly elections, though OPS was open to the idea. “The BJP knows OPS’s strength in the southern districts, so they will be willing to support us. But this is the situation now, so we are trying to bring together like-minded cadre and leaders,” said a supporter of OPS who was also ousted. “Everybody knows that the way OPS was sent out of the party was wrong. ![]() Since the courts and the Election Commission of India (ECI) have held EPS’s elevation as general secretary of the AIADMK valid, OPS has been cornered. With the trio belonging to the same Thevar caste joining forces, voting patterns from previous elections show that the Thevar vote bank would go to them, weakening the AIADMK-led NDA alliance’s prospects in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP has been keen on uniting various factions of the AIADMK so that the votes do not split with TTV’s 5-year-old party, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). With O Panneerselvam (OPS) and TTV Dhinakaran getting closer, driven by their ouster from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, and VK Sasikala set to meet OPS soon, this emerging faction is likely to further strain the ties between AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu, experts say. While the election date is nearing we can expect full swing campaigns around the state.Chennai: On May 8, O Panneerselvam met TTV Dhinakaran at his residence in Chennai, held a joint press conference, joined hands and announced their decision to work together. The party didn't form any big alliance with other parties and joined only with the Social Democratic Party of India as an alliance. This will separate the vote from DMK and ADMK parties which would play a major role in altering the result of those constituencies. For the past year, TTV is rounding all over Tamil Nadu and taking a survey on the existing political situation among people.ĪMMK are confident about winning at least 3 seats in the state and will also get a maximum vote share in about 15 constituencies as per the calculations of TTV. After getting sacked from the ADMK party, TTV started his own party with 18 MLA's from the former party. TTV Dinakaran, after winning the RK Nagar by-poll made everyone feel his presence in the TN politics. Amma Makkal Mamma Munnetra Kazhakam leader TTV Dhnakaran is playing a silent game without big campaigns and is keen on making the vote separations to make an impact in the result of the upcoming election. The Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha election 2019 is nearing its date and parties are busy forming alliances with various other parties.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |