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TTV Dhinakaran appointed as Deputy General Secretary of AIADMK
With general secretary V.K. Sasikala standing disqualified to take over as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as a result of the Supreme Court verdict, the party leadership has undergone significant changes.
Chennai: In yet another major development in Tamil Nadu's politics, TTV Dhinakaran on Wednesday was appointed as the Deputy General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
With general secretary V.K. Sasikala standing disqualified to take over as the next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as a result of the Supreme Court verdict, the party leadership has undergone significant changes.
The party leadership appointed Edapadi K. Palanisamy as the new legislative leader. Caretaker Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was expelled from the party.
Other expelled leaders include AIADMK lawmaker K. Pandiarajan, former Assembly speaker P.H. Pandian and his son P.H. Manoj Pandiyan, N. Vishvananthan and senior party leader C. Ponnaiyan, K.P. Munusamy, J.C.D. Prabhakar, former minister Parithi Elamvaluthi, Ex-MP E. Ponnusamy, V. Neelakandan, ex-MLA V. Neelankandan, ex- MLA Ko. Ayyappan, M. Muthuramalingam and S. Muthuselvi.
In another development, the late AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa's niece J. Deepa joined the O. Panneerselvam camp.
Earlier, both warring factions of the AIADMK met Governor Vidyasagar Rao at Raj Bhavan in Chennai after Supreme Court convicted Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case. (ANI)