Forests Minister Dindigul C. Srinivasan, who is a senior AIADMK leader, on Wednesday said the party backed Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami as its face for the 2021 Assembly election.
Asked about the confusion over the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate, Mr. Srinivasan said the party backed Mr. Palaniswami. “Mediapersons should wait till October 7, when both the leaders [Mr. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam] will jointly announce the candidate,” he added.
He described the “tussle” between Mr. Palaniswami and Mr. Panneerselvam at the party’s recent executive council meeting as an internal affair. The AIADMK, he felt, would win hands down in the next elections. On Mr. Panneerselvam’s absence from an official meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, he said the latter was fully aware of the Deputy CM’s engagements that day. “There is no issue…