Dhinakaran wants to meet Sengottaiyan for alliance talks? AMMK on war path against Nainar Nagendran, Edappadi Palaniswami

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazhagam (AMMK) chief T.T.V. Dhinakaran has categorically stated that Edappadi Palaniswami cannot be accepted as the Chief Ministerial candidate. He claimed that he will soon be meeting with K.A. Sengottaiyan, one of the longest-serving AIADMK MLAs, and a surprise alliance is going to sweep the upcoming state assembly polls.

 

"I have no anger towards anyone in the AIADMK except Edappadi Palaniswami. We cannot accept him as the Chief Ministerial candidate. The AMMK was started against Palaniswami. We will meet Sengottaiyan soon. An alliance you did not expect is going to be formed. The alliance we have is going to win the assembly elections. The AIADMK will face setbacks after the assembly elections," Daily Thanthi quoted him as saying.

 

Speaking to the press at Sivaganga, AMMK General Secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran said BJP State President and Tirunelveli MLA Nainar Nagendran was the reason for his NDA exit. "The reason we left the National Democratic Alliance is Nainar Nagendran. He keeps one thing in his mind and says another publicly. Palaniswami thinks that is enough. The reason I left was to support Palaniswami. Nainar Nagendran acted with arrogance," Daily Thanthi quoted the former RK Nagar MLA as saying.

 

Elaborating further on his relationship with the NDA in Tamil Nadu, he reportedly said K. Annamalai always remained neutral. "It was former BJP State President Annamalai who first brought me into the National Democratic Alliance. He acted neutrally. He is a good friend of mine. Nainar Nagendran does not know the current mood of Tamil Nadu. Nainar Nagendran says without hesitation that O. Panneerselvam is ready to talk to T.T.V. Dhinakaran. O. Panneerselvam is the one who gave up the Theni constituency for me. Who else will speak for him if I don't speak for him?" Panneerselvam had then claimed that he was denied an opportunity to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite letting Nagendran know of his wish. The state BJP chief had denied the same, maintaining Panneerselvam expressed his desire to meet the Prime Minister, he would have arranged the meeting between them.

 

 

"The way Nainar had treated Panneerselvam, who wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 26 during his visit to Tuticorin, in particular, was disheartening. Panneerselvam and I need not bow down to his (Nainar's) arrogance. He doesn't know how to handle allies," Dhinakaran alleged.

 

The BJP has been projecting AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2026 Assembly election and has announced that he would lead the NDA in Tamil Nadu.

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