AIADMK leadership row: O Paneerselvam expelled for “anti-party” activities

Chennai: A total of 16 resolutions were passed in the crucial All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIDMK) General Council meeting held on Monday in which Edappadi K Palaniswami was appointed as the party’s interim General Secretary and O Paneerselvam was expelled for “anti-party” activities.
Along with OPS, his supporters – JCD Prabhakar, R Vaithilingam, and PH Manoj Pandian were also expelled from the AIADMK.
The resolutions were passed after the Madras High Court today dismissed a petition by OPS, who sought to stay the holding of a General Council (GC) meeting.
He had contended that only the Coordinator and the Joint Coordinator can convene the GC meeting and that since the newly-appointed Presidium Chairman had done so, the meeting was technically illegal and hence untenable.
The party has said that anyone who wants to contest for the post of General Secretary has to be a member of the party for 10 years. The candidature should be proposed by ten district secretaries and seconded by the same number of district secretaries of the AIADMK.
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