AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami (EPS) has given a robust message to the BJP right here by way of a mammoth rally held at Madurai that he’s the one, uncontested chief of his get together.
The AIADMK held a significant present of energy on Sunday — the primary huge public assembly of the get together since courts validated EPS’s election to the get together’s put up.
The BJP after the appearance of Ok. Annamalai as president has been again and again taking potshots at EPS and the AIADMK, and that the get together would even face the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with out the help of the AIADMK.
The mammoth rally was a transparent message by EPS that he’s the supreme chief of the get together and that after MGR and J. Jayallaithaa he’s the undisputed chief of the get together.
The AIADMK was reeling underneath bother after leaders like O. Panneerselvam (OPS) had been expelled from the get together.
The get together had additionally proven the door to leaders like V.Ok. Shashikala and TTV Dhinakaran. All three leaders are from the highly effective Thevar neighborhood which has a dominant presence in South Tamil Nadu. By holding a mammoth rally in Madurai, South Tamil Nadu, EPS has additionally confirmed that he can organise an enormous programme wherever within the state.
There have been situations whereby BJP state president Annamalai has crossed swords with the second rung leaders of the AIADMK, together with its spokesman and former minister, D. Jayakumar.
With the massive rally, EPS has given a transparent message that his writ runs within the get together and that he’s the one undisputed chief of the principal opposition get together in Tamil Nadu. The nationwide management of the BJP has been clear that it may’t go alone within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, however Annamalai, after taking up the reins of the get together in Tamil Nadu, has been advocating for a solo emergence.
The Madurai rally which was attended by round 10 lakh individuals, as per the AIADMK estimates, is a transparent message to each the state and nationwide leaderships of the BJP that the principal opposition get together is a significant pressure to reckon with in Tamil Nadu and that it can’t be pushed apart.
Dr. Aravindan, Director, Institute of Social and Political Studies primarily based out of Kanyakumari whereas chatting with IANS mentioned, “The BJP local leadership has been trying to convince the national leadership of the party that the AIADMK has no ground support now. K. Annamalai has been coming out against the AIADMK. With the massive rally in Madurai, EPS has clearly proved that he is a force to reckon with and this will have its impact during the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.”
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