After the election of Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami as common secretary of the AIADMK in March this 12 months, the celebration goes to carry a gathering of the overall council for the primary time on December 26 at a wedding corridor close to Chennai.
Making an announcement, Mr. Palaniswami, in a launch, mentioned presidium chairman Tamilmagan Hussain would chair the assembly. The celebration’s government would additionally meet the identical day.
The final time the overall council met was on July 11, 2022, when 2,460 members out of a complete of 2,665 attended.
Mr. Palaniswami was elected interim common secretary and former coordinator O. Panneerselvam was expelled from the organisation. A sequence of litigation continued, because it occurred earlier than the assembly of the overall council.
On March 28, 2023, moments after the Madras Excessive Courtroom dismissed interim functions of Mr. Panneerselvam and his colleagues to restrain the celebration from implementing its July 11, 2022, common council resolutions and the ensuing notification issued on March 17, 2023 for the election to the put up of common secretary, Mr. Palaniswami was declared elected to the put up. A month later, the Election Fee too recognised Mr. Palaniswami as the overall secretary of the celebration and accredited the adjustments made within the celebration bylaws, topic to any court docket route.
Solely earlier this week, the Excessive Courtroom rejected a plea by former interim common secretary of the celebration, V.Okay. Sasikala, to declare that she remained in her place since her appointment to the put up on December 29, 2016.
On the political entrance, Mr. Palaniswami, in September, made a sudden transfer by snapping his celebration’s ties with a four-year-old ally, the BJP, and give up the Nationwide Democratic Alliance.
It’s beneath these circumstances that the overall council goes to have its assembly. It’s anticipated that the council will deliberate on the celebration’s preparations and technique for the Lok Sabha election, slated for April-Could subsequent 12 months.
In the meantime, Mr. Palaniswami, in an interplay with the media, criticised the DMK authorities for not having made ample preparations to satisfy the scenario arising out of heavy rainfall within the present monsoon. It additionally pulled up the regime for being “insensitive to the plight” of individuals. Earlier, he met celebration workplace bearers of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts and suggested them to supply aid to the rain-hit folks.