AIADMK coordinator and former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday alleged that the police was being used to get his party’s newly-elected councillors of the urban local bodies to defect to the ruling party.
Addressing journalists outside the Puzhal Central Prison after calling on former Minister D. Jayakumar, the AIADMK leader pointed out that the AIADMK won in 11 out of 15 wards in the town panchayat of B. Meenakshipuram in Theni, his home district.