Panneerselvam appeals to Sasikala loyalists to go by their “conscience”

“Further, let us also put behind certain unsavoury incidents that had happened between us and there shall be no hesitation in ensuring everybody’s due importance,” the Chief Minister said.

Rivals were waiting for the party to split and if this is allowed “the souls of (AIADMK founder) M G Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa will not forgive us,” he said and invited all ministers and MLAs to work together and take forward the legacy of MGR and Jayalalithaa and “keep up their pride”.

Later in the day, he and 19 other senior leaders were expelled from the party’s primary membership by Sasikala. Her loyalist Edappady K Palaniswami was elected the Legislature Party Leader.

From Agencies, Featured image courtesy ibtimes