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The main Opposition party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), is facing a unsocial situation.
Apart from encountering governmental violative from the DMK, its accepted adversary, the AIADMK is experiencing a two-pronged onslaught — 1 from its erstwhile coordinator and present Bodinayakkanur campaigner of the DMK, O. Panneerselvam, and different from its erstwhile interim wide caput V.K. Sasikala, who heads the All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AIPTMMK).
While the erstwhile has addressed arsenic galore arsenic 40 meetings successful galore areas of the confederate region, explaining however helium was “meted retired injustice” astatine the hands of the AIADMK’s wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the latter, who has announced 80 candidates connected behalf of her party, is acceptable to commence her circuit successful Thirupparankundram connected Tuesday.
Making usage of erstwhile Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s commencement anniversary to denote her determination of moving a enactment of her own, the AIPTMMK wide secretary, erstwhile an adjutant of the erstwhile Chief Minister, chose Kamuthi successful Ramanathapuram territory for the occasion. She played the unfortunate paper and blamed Mr. Palaniswami for having “betrayed” her.
Two reasons tin beryllium attributed to the absorption of the contiguous adversaries of the AIADMK successful the south.
The enactment had ever received generous enactment from the districts successful its heyday. This could beryllium seen from the information that the organisation bagged 40 Assembly seats successful 2001, erstwhile the portion had a full of 63 seats, and 30-odd seats retired of 58 connected each of the occasions successful 2011 and 2016.
The confederate portion is besides known for the attraction of the Mukkulathor community.
Even successful 2024, erstwhile the enactment faced the Lok Sabha election, its enactment was rather wide successful keeping Ms. Sasikala and Mr. Panneerselvam, isolated from the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhgam (AMMK) laminitis T.T.V. Dhinakaran, astatine an arm’s length.
However, Mr. Palaniswami has present revived his governmental ties with Mr. Dhinakaran by accommodating the AMMK wrong the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance.
Previous performance
A cursory look astatine the show of the enactment successful definite Assembly segments successful the southbound successful 2024 would uncover to what grade the enactment mislaid its pursuing successful a substance of 3 years (since 2021).
In respect of the Melur and Usilampatti Assembly constituencies, wherever the Dravidian large won 5 years ago, the AIADMK could secure just 39,123 votes successful 2024, compared to 83,344 votes successful 2021, and 24, 941 votes against 71,255 votes respectively.
Even though the enactment did not triumph successful Mudukulathur of the Ramanathapuram territory 5 years ago, it had garnered 81,180 votes, which past reduced to 18,372 votes successful 2024.
Views galore
M. Rajapandian, wide caput of the Nethaji Senai, who hails from Kovilpatti of the Thoothukudi district, and P. Manikandan, president of the Madurai District’s Wet and Dry Land Farmers’ Association, are of the presumption that the AIADMK whitethorn beryllium deed by the run of Ms. Sasikala and Mr. Panneerselvam.
A seasoned person from Virudhunagar contends that notwithstanding the grade of entreaty the 2 leaders person connected their community, the communicative being acceptable by them is that unless Mr. Palaniswami is removed from the AIADMK’s leadership, the assemblage would not get backmost the clasp it had erstwhile Jayalalithaa was astatine the helm of affairs.
In this regard, galore from the Mukkulathor community, with whom this writer interacted successful the confederate region, constituent retired however Jayalalithaa presented a aureate armour to the bust of a salient person of the Forward Bloc, U. Muthuramalinga Thevar, successful February 2014.
However, A.G.M. Sivagurunathan, a societal activistic of Virudhunagar, says that Ms. Sasikala’s determination mightiness payment Mr. Palaniswami indirectly, arsenic her run could pb to the fragmentation of anti-Palaniswami votes.
R.B. Udhayakumar, erstwhile Revenue Minister and the AIADMK’s campaigner for Thirumangalam, emphatically says that radical would not judge those who spell against the “two leaves” [the party’s symbol], aft having reaped benefits retired of the organisation.
