Even as the factions led by the AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam and co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami continue their fight, the AIADMK’s side-lined former interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala and the AMMK general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran are engaged in intensified political activity.
Since June 26, Ms. Sasikala is embarking on, what her office calls, ‘puratchi payanam’ (meaning revolutionary journey). She launched her roadshow near Tiruttani bypass that day. After covering parts of Tiruvallur district in her initial round, she will begin her next round on Tuesday in Tindivanam and will cover Vanur and Ulundurpet this week. Mr. Dhinakaran, who began his interaction with the rank and file of the party in the Nilgiris, Coimbatore and Virudhunagar in the first half of last month, has been going to other places of the State. On Sunday and Monday, he covered Salem and Dharmapuri.
Sources in the two camps deny the suggestion that the programmes of Ms. Sasikala and Mr. Dhinakaran have anything to do with the developments in the AIADMK. They say the events were planned well ahead of the commencement of the infighting in the Dravidian major.
