Chennai: Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was today announced as the CM candidate of the AIADMK for the 2021 Tamilnadu Assembly elections.
Party’s coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister made this announcement at the AIADMK headquarters today, after hectic parleys that lasted for a week.
For his part, Palaniswami, who is the joint coordinator of the AIADMK, announced a 11-member steering committee, that includes seniors Dindigul Srinivasan, P Thangamani, S P Velumani, D Jayakumar, C Ve Shanmugam, R Kamaraj (all Ministers), JCD Prabhakar, P H Manoj Pandian, P Mohan, Gopalakrishnan and Manickam.
Ever since the AIADMK executive council meet, there had been hectic parleys in both the camps and senior Ministers who met Palaniswami, had yet another round of discussions with him and also met Panneerselvam, who reached Chennai Monday night after holding consultations with his supporters at his native Theni district, at his residence.