Even as the demand for “single leadership” in the AIADMK picked up momentum, party coordinator O. Panneerselvam on Wednesday appealed to its workers to remain calm.
Mr. Panneerselvam made his appeal through his Twitter handle, in the light of protests by a section of his supporters over the damage caused to posters pasted in different parts of Chennai, urging him to take over the leadership of the party.
Earlier, during the course of the day, two groups led by party co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Mr. Panneerselvam were engaged in confabulations among themselves to chalk out their strategies in the run-up to the general council’s meeting slated for June 23. Certain sections of party leaders were said to have discussed the possibility of the general council’s meeting getting deferred on account of the row over the nature of leadership.
