CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam breached the inner fort of the V K Sasikalabrigade on Saturday when school education minister K Pandiarajan, four Lok Sabhamembers — PR Sundaram, K Ashok Kumar, SP Sathyabhama and R Vanaroja — and MGR loyalists C Ponnaiyan and C Aranganayagam crossed over to his side.
With Rajya Sabha member V Maithreyan with him, OPS now enjoys the open support of five MPs and seven MLAs. Pandiarajan had gone with Sasikala to meet governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday to stake claim to form the government.
The four Lok Sabha members said they took the decision after listening to their voters’ sentiments. Pandiarajan tweeted before calling on OPS: “Will listen to the collective voice of my voters & decide in a way to uphold the dignity of Amma’s memory & unity of AIADMK!”
