Justice Krishnan Ramasamy dismissed O Panneerselvam’s plea to stop the meeting
Justice Krishnan Ramasamy dismissed O Panneerselvam’s plea to stop the meeting
Madras High Court The General Council of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) meeting to be held in Chennai on Monday, July 11, 2022 allowed the abolition of the posts of coordinator and joint coordinator and electing an interim general secretary instead.
Justice Krishnan Ramasamy told party leader O. Panneerselvam and general council member P. Vairamuthu alias ‘Amman’ Vairamuthu to restrain the party from holding the meeting. The order was passed at 9 am, shortly before the start of the meeting.
Mr. Panneerselvam had filed the application along with his civil suit, stating that he would continue to be the party’s coordinator and that his term would end only after five years from December 6, 2021, when he was elected unopposed. Post with Joint Coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami.
The party has been witnessing serious infighting since the recent call for a unitary leadership against dual leadership gained prominence. Consequently, a general council meeting scheduled for June 23 at 4:40 am that day could not amend the bye-laws due to an interim order passed by a division bench of the High Court.
Although that order was later stayed by the Supreme Court, Mr. Panneerselvam and the other litigants set up existing civil/litigations with sub-applications to prevent the next General Council meeting to be held on 11 July, specifically With the aim of bringing back the practice of singles. The person leading the party.