NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 10
After a hectic parley over 3 hours at the AIADMK legislature party meeting held at party headquarters, former Chief Minister and AIADMK Cocordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami has been elected as the AIADMK legislature party leader. He would be the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
A release from the party said Palaniswami has been elected unanimously by the new MLAs.
அனைத்திந்திய அண்ணா திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழக சட்டமன்ற கட்சித் தலைவராக கழக இணை ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் திரு.எடப்பாடி க.பழனிசாமி அவர்கள் கழக சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களால் ஏகமனதாக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார். ✌️🌱#அஇஅதிமுக #AIADMK #TNAssembly pic.twitter.com/JrPuHzarXr
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This is the first time, the leader of the AIADMK legislature party has been announced after much opposition within the party and after prolonged arguments. The first meeting of the AIADMK legislature party ended without electing the leader on May 7.
The party is yet to announce its deputy leader and Whip in the State Assembly.
Senior leaders – KA Sengottaiyan, Dindigul C Sreenivasan, KP Munusamy, P Thangamani, SP Velumani, R Kamaraj, Sellur K Raju, KP Anbazhagan and others rushed to the Assembly secretariat and handed over a letter to Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan informing about the election of Edappadi K Palaniswami as the AIADMK legislature party leader.
Earlier, there were hectic parleys within the AIADMK MLAs meeting. At one point of time, party coordinator Panneerselvam was said to have proposed the name of former Speaker P Dhanapal as leader of the legislature party, sources in the party revealed.
