![]() ![]() Palaniswami who has the support of 61 MLAs and a large number of district secretaries could have a clear electoral advantage if the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol is frozen but there is the possibility of an even fight if Panneerselvam gets the symbol. The results will depend not only on the alliance formations but on AIADMK founder MGR’s magical symbol of ‘Two Leaves’. However, winning more seats would be the priority for any party, rather than contesting more seats. If the BJP teamed up with Panneerselvam, Dhinakaran and Sasikala, it could lead the alliance and contest in a higher number of seats. The BJP, which is the ruling party at the Centre, could demand more seats this time. During the previous Lok Sabha election, Palaniswami had been in power in Tamil Nadu, but he is in the Opposition now. He will permit the same arrangement as the 2019 Parliamentary election when the saffron party was allotted five seats. Palaniswami, however, has not closed his doors to the BJP. ![]() Only Dravidian parties can rule here”, Raju said in a clear message for the BJP.Īlso Read: Will EPS buckle to BJP pressure to patch up with OPS? Those who wish to board the train could do so. “The AIADMK train will leave the platform soon and head towards New Delhi (Parliament). More and more AIADMK leaders have come out in the open, backing Palaniswami’s stand on the electoral alliance, the latest being former minister Sellur K Raju. This was meant as a warning to the BJP that it would be left out of the alliance if it insisted on the inclusion of rival leaders in the front. His comments that the AIADMK would lead a mega alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was followed by senior leader and former minister KA Sengottaiyan’s assertion that the AIADMK was strong enough to go it alone in the 2024 polls and win all the seats. Revealing his strategy for the 2024 Parliament elections, Palaniswami has asserted that his party would lead the alliance, making it clear that he would decide the parties to be accommodated in the front. One year is a long time in politics and it remains to be seen whether the BJP would manage to bring him to the negotiating table with his opponents in the AIADMK Besides, auditor Gurumurthy, who is close to the BJP, has also claimed that it was on his advice that Panneerselvam sat in meditation at former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s memorial some years ago. Panneerselvam has openly stated that he accepted the Deputy Chief Minister post following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s advice. But it also seems like the saffron party wants to gain control over the AIADMK by forcing Palaniswami to admit Panneerselvam, who has deferred to the BJP in several instances. On the surface, it seems that the BJP wants a strong and united AIADMK to fight the ruling DMK. It seems like two factions of the AIADMK would continue to fight each other for the party’s leadership. ![]() But Palaniswami has rejected the possibility of uniting with the three rival leaders. There are clear indications that former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam will join hands with the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam led by TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala, who was a close aide of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) has firmly rejected BJP’s plans to bring together all the warring AIADMK factions as one, diminishing the saffron party’s already slim chances of winning a few seats in Tamil Nadu during the 2024 general election.Ī contest among the warring factions is inevitable if the BJP fails to force Palaniswami to bring about unity between the rivals in the remaining one year before the elections. One year is a long time in politics and it remains to be seen whether the BJP would manage to bring him to the negotiating table with his opponents in the AIADMK. ![]()
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