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Expelled AIADMK chief O Panneerselvam. (File: PTI)
The previous chief minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) exuded confidence that the favored Two Leaves image of the AIADMK could be allotted to him by the EC
Expelled AIADMK chief O Panneerselvam and AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran held late night time seat-sharing talks with the BJP right here for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, with OPS insisting that his candidates will contest from the Two Leaves image.
The previous chief minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) exuded confidence that the favored Two Leaves image of the AIADMK could be allotted to him by the EC.
The talks that began late on Tuesday prolonged to the early hours of Wednesday. OPS and Dhinakaran, who had introduced becoming a member of the BJP-led NDA two days in the past, had been in dialogue with a delegation of the saffron celebration comprising Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and its Tamil Nadu chief Okay Annamalai amongst others.
Talking to reporters later, OPS, as Panneerselvam is addressed, mentioned the NDA coalition was a “mega alliance” and there have been probabilities that “2-3 folks (events)” might search the identical constituency.
An amicable choice shall be arrived at after talks, he mentioned. Requested if he would ’declare’ the Two Leaves image, he mentioned “actually.”
“We are going to search Two Leaves (apparently from the EC), we are going to get it and we are going to contest solely from that image,” he mentioned.
OPS’s assertion comes a day after a person from Dindigul within the state, claiming to be an AIADMK member, has reportedly approached the EC in opposition to the sooner allotment of the Two Leaves to the Edappadi Okay Palaniswami-led AIADMK and had sought its freezing citing a pending case on the matter.
Panneerselvam and his supporters had been expelled by a Common Council of the AIADMK in July 2022 and Palaniswami was later elected to the highest publish of Common Secretary.
Dhinakaran, who gained as an impartial on a Stress Cooker image within the 2017 bypoll to RK Nagar meeting constituency within the metropolis, mentioned he would favor the image within the coming elections too. There was “no strain to contest from a specific image,” he mentioned.
 exuded confidence that the popular Two Leaves symbol of the AIADMK would be allotted to him by the EC.){kind=link}