After the meeting, he said: “More MLAs will join Annan (OPS) in the coming days. DMK is trying to split our party and I want to avoid that. The party led by OPS will not take the support of DMK in any manner.”
Pandiarajan’s support is a U-turn from his position on Thursday when he had accused Pannerselvam of being “an opportunist who fell at Sasikala’s feet after she was elected the legislature party leader”.
Ashok Kumar, Sundaram and Ponnaiyan blamed Sasikala for not allowing any party member to see Jayalalithaa when she was in hospital for more than 70 days.
Sundaram even accused Sasikala of conspiracy right from the night of Jaya’s death. “On December 5, Amma’s death was announced at midnight. All party leaders were sobbing, but Sasikala and her 15 family members went into a huddle. They were talking about who should take over as CM. I didn’t see tears in her eyes,” said Sundaram.
