by: NavJeevan

EPS group unanimously elects RB Udhayakumar as deputy leader in TN assembly

NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 19

AIADMK Interim General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam. NE FILE PHOTO

In Dravidian politics, the die is caste. Aiming to garner Thevars, the AIADMK group led by Edappadi K Palaniswamy on Tuesday replaced expelled deputy leader in state assembly, O Panneerselvam (OPS), with RB Udhayakumar, also a Thevar.

OPS was expelled at the party’s general council meeting on July 11 in which Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) was announced as the interim general secretary, making him the highest decision-making person in the party.

OPS continues to maintain that no one has the power to expel him as AIADMK coordinator.

Udhayakumar, representing the Tirumangalam assembly constituency in Madurai district, was unanimously elected as the deputy leader during the party’s legislator meeting held on July 17 in Chennai, said a statement from EPS on Tuesday.

Former minister and MLA from Polur constituency Agri SS Krishnamurthy, was chosen as deputy secretary of the legislature party replacing Manoj H Pandian who was also expelled for supporting OPS.