All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has filed a civil suit in the Madras High Court to injunct expelled leader O. Panneerselvam from using the party’s official letter head, two leaves symbol and flag besides refraining him from claiming to be the coordinator or even a primary member of AIADMK.
The suit has been listed for hearing before Justice R.N. Manjula on Thursday when the judge would take a call on granting interim injunction. In his plaint, Mr. Palaniswami said, Mr. Panneerselvam was expelled from primary membership of the party by its general council on July 11, 2022 for several anti-party activities including the ransacking of party headquarters.
He also stated that the expelled leader had failed to obtain favourable orders in the legal challenge put up against his expulsion. Yet, on April 20, 2023, a person named K. Kumar filed a nomination to contest the Karnataka Assembly elections as AIADMK candidate and submitted forms signed by Mr. Panneerselvam by claiming to be the coordinator of the party.
