AIADMK district secretaries, senior functionaries rally behind Palaniswami
AIADMK district secretaries and senior officials expressed their support for general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami during a meeting in Chennai. Despite dissent from some members, they credited Palaniswami's leadership for the party's recent electoral victories. Calls for a general council meeting to address electoral setbacks were made by critics within the party.
- ▪AIADMK officials reaffirmed support for Edappadi K. Palaniswami's leadership.
- ▪The party attributed its electoral success to Palaniswami's campaign efforts.
- ▪Dissidents have called for a general council meeting to discuss recent electoral setbacks.
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The AIADMK’s district secretaries and headquarters office-bearers on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) reaffirmed their faith in the leadership of general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, even as dissidents, led by S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugam, kept criticising Mr. Palaniswami’s style of functioning.Stating this in a release after a two-hour meeting at the party headquarters in Chennai, the AIADMK attributed to the victory of 53 candidates put up by the party and its allies in the recent Assembly election to Mr. Palaniswami’s State-wide campaign. However, it did not mention the number of district secretaries who attended the meeting, as against the total of 82.Sections of the media reported that former Fisheries Minister D.
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