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An embargo issued by the AIADMK on Thursday nighttime connected erstwhile functionaries from publicising their erstwhile positions successful the enactment has triggered the speech whether the determination is targeted astatine erstwhile Local Administration Minister S.P. Velumani and his supporters who person returned to the party.
In a chat with The Hindu on Friday morning, M. Dhanapal, AIADMK Member of the Rajya Sabha and an emerging look of the campy headed by wide secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, said the intent of the connection was to destruct “any scope for confusion” among the enactment cadre and the radical astir the presumption of those who had been relieved of their posts truthful that nary advertisements were issued by the erstwhile functionaries oregon their associates, mentioning their earlier positions. Else, sections of the cadre would get an content that the erstwhile functionaries remained successful their posts. “The connection is simply a pre-emptive move,” helium said.
On May 13, during the transition of the spot question successful the Assembly, 25 rebel MLAs, headed by Mr. Velumani, voted successful favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), portion 22 MLAs, headed by Mr. Palaniswami, voted against. Consequently, Mr. Palaniswami relieved 29 territory secretaries of their posts and replaced them with caller office-bearers. Both groups submitted petitions to Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar against each different for initiating disqualification proceedings.
On May 27, they arrived astatine a truce and withdrew their petitions. In the meantime, 1 of the ousted territory secretaries, K.V. Ramalingam, who was the Public Works Minister in Jayalalithaa’s Cabinet and successful complaint of Erode metropolis till recently, had crossed implicit to the TVK.
Acknowledging that the embargo, issued successful a property release, was perchance the archetypal specified instance, Mr. Dhanapal, however, dismissed the proposition that this was to convey the connection that the erstwhile functionaries would not beryllium restored to their earlier positions. “It is for the wide caput to determine who should beryllium fixed what presumption and when,” helium added.
Meanwhile, a seasoned office-bearer from a confederate district, who said helium had travel to cognize of the property merchandise done newspapers, felt that the connection was a “subtle message” to the erstwhile rebels to autumn successful enactment with the party’s presumption and not to flaunt their erstwhile posts.
