AIADMK’s rebel camp in no mood to seek early convening of general council

C.Ve. Shanmugam | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN

The rebel campy successful the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) appears to beryllium successful nary temper to question the aboriginal convening of the wide council. Even though the camp’s salient look C.Ve. Shanmugam, a fewer days ago, called for an aboriginal gathering of the wide council, a cardinal person said: “For the clip being, each our absorption is connected getting the contented of the legislature enactment resolved astatine the earliest.” The group, led by enactment wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, and the rebel campy person fixed petitions to Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar against each different astir the usurpation of “whip” issued by them. On the time of adoption of the spot question moved by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the rebel camp, numbering 25 legislators, favoured the authorities portion Mr. Palaniswami’s group, with 22 MLAs, voted against the motion. The person adds that his campy would similar to hold for a fewer weeks for Mr. Palaniswami to respond to the issues raised by them. The rebel campy is lone “demanding” that reasons for successive electoral setbacks beryllium analysed threadbare. As per regularisation 19 (vii), if one-fifths of members of the wide assembly — astir 500 members — petition the wide caput to clasp a gathering of the council, the second has to bash it successful 30 days. Meanwhile, sections of the media reported that Mr. Palaniswami had advised respective functionaries and members of the wide assembly not to lend their enactment for the telephone connected holding the wide council. Asked whether the rebel campy would articulation the TVK regime, its typical replies successful the affirmative and expects the ruling enactment to accommodate “more than 5 representatives” of the campy successful the Cabinet.

Published - May 16, 2026 11:48 p.m. IST