CHENNAI : Chief minister Edappadi Ok Palaniswami is waging a two-pronged conflict - one against T T V Dhinakaran and the other against O Panneerselvam - to fortify his own position inside the AIADMK. The fight against Dhinakaran is extra open and head-on and all of the state machinery has been unleashed against T T V and a choose few MLAs in his camp, whereas, the conflict against O Panneerselvam is covert and discreet for now.
Sources within the secretariat mentioned OPS was once being saved only as a figurehead deputy leader minister, without any energy to take decisions. All major decisions in his department should be routed through Palaniswami. OPS does not also have the liberty to select officials in his own departments, depart on my own influencing others. Certain postings within the police department proceed to be a major bone of competition between OPS and EPS. For example, OPS was once curious about getting a couple of officials shifted from their current posts for inflicting trouble to himself and his supporters sooner than the merger of the two factions. Edappadi, then again, has shot down the call for because the ones officials are the most important in his scheme of items. They played a significant position in strengthening his position since February.
Panneerselvam, in the meanwhile, has selected not to precipitate issues further by way of urgent for his demands, mentioned a supply with regards to him. "His tendency is to wait for the right time to strike. But his supporters are impatient and are putting pressure on him to put his foot down and demand positions for them," he mentioned.
In hind sight, the merger of the two AIADMK factions was once a blunder, mentioned a senior leader within the OPS camp. "OPS has been made deputy chief minister and there is a perception that he has been given due recognition. That he is only a figure head is perhaps not known to the outside world. 'Mafoi' K Pandiarajan, who was one of the main votaries of the merger, has been given an insignificant portfolio. Take the case of OPS supporters; before the merger of the two factions, EPS had filled up all party posts, and except K P Munusamy, no one from the OPS camp has been given any party position. The steering committee headed by OPS could have been expanded by inducting more leaders. But EPS has chosen to wait till the EC decides on the party name and symbol," mentioned the leader.
The merger was once a dire necessity for each OPS and EPS to stay afloat, particularly when they have been pitted against a marauding Dhinakaran. "Despite the merger, the cold war between the two continues because OPS was a chief minister in the past and he cannot digest the fact that he is deputy to Edappadi," mentioned political commentator Gnani Sankaran. "Still, since they need to stay together for survival and to fight Dhinakaran, who is a bigger threat, their cold war may not get hot," mentioned Sankaran.
Sources within the secretariat mentioned OPS was once being saved only as a figurehead deputy leader minister, without any energy to take decisions. All major decisions in his department should be routed through Palaniswami. OPS does not also have the liberty to select officials in his own departments, depart on my own influencing others. Certain postings within the police department proceed to be a major bone of competition between OPS and EPS. For example, OPS was once curious about getting a couple of officials shifted from their current posts for inflicting trouble to himself and his supporters sooner than the merger of the two factions. Edappadi, then again, has shot down the call for because the ones officials are the most important in his scheme of items. They played a significant position in strengthening his position since February.
Panneerselvam, in the meanwhile, has selected not to precipitate issues further by way of urgent for his demands, mentioned a supply with regards to him. "His tendency is to wait for the right time to strike. But his supporters are impatient and are putting pressure on him to put his foot down and demand positions for them," he mentioned.
In hind sight, the merger of the two AIADMK factions was once a blunder, mentioned a senior leader within the OPS camp. "OPS has been made deputy chief minister and there is a perception that he has been given due recognition. That he is only a figure head is perhaps not known to the outside world. 'Mafoi' K Pandiarajan, who was one of the main votaries of the merger, has been given an insignificant portfolio. Take the case of OPS supporters; before the merger of the two factions, EPS had filled up all party posts, and except K P Munusamy, no one from the OPS camp has been given any party position. The steering committee headed by OPS could have been expanded by inducting more leaders. But EPS has chosen to wait till the EC decides on the party name and symbol," mentioned the leader.
The merger was once a dire necessity for each OPS and EPS to stay afloat, particularly when they have been pitted against a marauding Dhinakaran. "Despite the merger, the cold war between the two continues because OPS was a chief minister in the past and he cannot digest the fact that he is deputy to Edappadi," mentioned political commentator Gnani Sankaran. "Still, since they need to stay together for survival and to fight Dhinakaran, who is a bigger threat, their cold war may not get hot," mentioned Sankaran.
Cold war erupts between EPS and OPS
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