During the course of the inquiry into the petition submitted by Mr. Palaniswami, the four former MLAs appeared before the Speaker separately on two occasions and gave both oral and written explanations
Former Law Minister and leader of the rebel camp C.Ve. Shanmugam stays away from an official review meeting in Villupuram, while former Food Minister R. Kamaraj attends the event in Tiruvarur. Besides these districts, Edappadi K. Palaniswami takes stock of the party’s performance in Salem and Tiruvallur (south)
Earlier, the Speaker had sought certain clarifications from Edappadi Palaniswami after receiving written explanations from former MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel, S. Jayakumar, P. Sathyabama, and Esaki Subaya in response to notices issued to them under the anti-defection law
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When the AIADMK was in power, the then Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced that November 1 would be celebrated as Tamil Nadu Day. However, after the DMK came to power in 2021, it changed the observance to July 18
Party submits petition to Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal
His remarks come amid allegations that the DMK and the AIADMK had attempted to join hands to prevent the TVK from forming a government after the recent election threw up a hung Assembly
AIADMK said that after becoming members of the party, the interested youth could properly organise events
P. Balakrishna Reddy of Hosur and K.P. Anbalagan of Palacode were absent at the review sessions held for Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts respectively
S. Jayakumar (Perundurai), P. Sathyabama (Dharapuram), and Maragatham Kumaravel (Maduranthagam) appeared before the Speaker and gave their explanations on notices issued to them earlier
The Arcot MLA said that he had informed the party leadership about his inability to attend the consultative meeting at the AIADMK’s headquarters in Chennai
They are former Minister K.C. Veeramani, who represents Jolarpet, and S.M. Sukumar of Arcot. They were among the 25 dissidents who had supported the TVK at the time of the trust motion in the Assembly in May
The switch-over of AIADMK MLAs is evidence of a deeper shift in the State’s politics
The idea of bringing the AMMK founder back to the party did rounds about a month ago too.
Speaking to reports after meeting Arlekar, the party’s agricultural wing secretary and whip in the Assembly ‘Agri’ S.S. Krishnamurthy said there was no follow up to his party’s memorandum given to Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar
TVK sources say this is the first time the new inductees have met Mr. Vijay, as all of them joined the party in the presence of Minister N. Anand
Mr. Vaigaichelvan had defeated DMK’s senior leader K.K..S.S.R Ramachandran in Aruppukottai in 2011. He lost in 2016 and 2021 Assembly polls.
All the 47 legislators who had won on the ticket of the AIADMK had adopted a resolution, electing Palaniswami the leader of the legislature party, he says
The DMK tried forming a government jointly with the AIADMK and many in the DMK and the AIADMK also opposed it, he says
Former Transport Minister M.R. Vijayabhaskar also joins party as exodus from the Dravidian major continues
Before departing for Chennai from Coimbatore airport on June 30, Mr. Velumani neither confirmed nor denied the likelihood of his resignation.