The Usilampatti legislator from the AIADMK, P. Ayyappan, who was until recently with the camp of the party’s co-coordinator, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, met party coordinator O. Panneerselvam to express his support.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, Mr. Ayyappan, who defeated P.V. Kathiravan of the DMK by a margin of 7,477 votes, said his decision to join the camp of Mr. Panneerselvam was in response to the latter’s call for all members of the party to come together. With the day’s development, the number of MLAs supporting Mr. Panneerselvam went up to four, including himself.
Mr. Panneerselvam, signalling that he was receptive to the idea of getting closer to former interim general secretary of the party V.K. Sasikala and general secretary of the AMMK T.T.V. Dhinakaran, said he would shortly meet those who worked for the party and under the party founder M.G. Ramachandran and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
