CHENNAI: Indicating that O Panneerselvam is not the coordinator of the AIADMK, party leader Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday asserted that the amendments to the party bylaws to facilitate election to the posts of coordinator and joint coordinator had not been validated by the general council that met on June 23. Buoyed by the support of 63 MLAs, 70 district secretaries and 2,582 general council members, the EPS group is gearing up for a special general council meeting on July 11 to anoint Palaniswami as general secretary.
In his one-page reply, Palaniswami wrote: “Anbulla Annan avarkalukku vanakkam (greetings to beloved brother)”. EPS wrote further, “The amendments to the party bylaws expired. Therefore, your letter written on the assumption that you are the coordinator of the party is invalid. ” Palaniswami addressed the letter in his capacity as party headquarters secretary to OPS, the party treasurer. He said Panneerselvam writing a letter to him was unacceptable after the latter had made all efforts to bring the AIADMK to a standstill by complaining to the Avadi police commissioner to prevent the general council meeting convened by both of them on June 23 and filing cases in court.
