Expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam joins DMK in presence of MK Stalin

Expelled AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Friday joined Dravida Munnetra Kazagham DMK in the presence of party chief and CM MK Stalin in ChennaiAlong with OPS his son P Ravindhranath Kumar also joined DMK ahead of the forthcoming Tamil Nadu pollsO Panneerselvam was expelled from the party after a leadership tussle with Edappadi K Palaniswami back in 2022This comes after Panneerselvams praise for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and his prediction regarding the return of the DMK government in the stateOn Friday Tamil Nadu MLA P Ayyappan who is seen as part of former CM O Paneerselvams camp expressed his desire to see M Stalin lead the state again following the next assembly pollsAyyappan stated in the Assembly that M K Stalin must once again become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu He further said The Breakfast Scheme was introduced with a visionary outlook For small children who come to primary schools the Chief Minister provides hot meals like a motherThose who once raised slogans claiming that the Chief Minister had merely given Rs 5000 are nowhere to be seen today As long as Tamil Nadu exists the Breakfast Scheme will continue to praise the Chief Minister In the upcoming election MK Stalin should once again win and return as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu With the blessings of Puratchi Thalaivar MGR and Puratchi Thalaivi Amma and with the wishes of our elder brother O Panneerselvam I express my gratitude at this moment Ayyappan addedEarlier this week NDA ally and AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran hit back at OPS saying hes got the right to choose alliances but cant drag Jayalalithaas name into itHe called out OPSs remarks about CM MK Stalin getting blessings from Amma and Puratchi Thalaivar as unacceptableHe further said As far as O Panneerselvam is concerned he has every right in his personal capacity to decide which alliance he wants to join or contest with However the remarks he made in the Legislative Assembly suggesting that Stalin of the DMK would return to power with the blessings of Puratchi Thalaivar and Amma are unacceptable to me and to any of Jayalalithaas loyal supporters We will not accept statements that bring disrepute to the legacy and honour of our leadersThe 234member Tamil Nadu Assembly will go to the polls in the first half of 2026 where the MK Stalinled alliance will look to project the Dravidian Model 20 for the win against the BJPAIADMK allianceActorturnedpolitician Vijays entry with his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam TVK is expected to turn the Tamil Nadu polls into a threeway contestIn the 2021 polls the DMK won 133 seats in the 2021 Assembly polls Congress won 18 PMK won five VCK won four and others won eight seats The Secular Progressive Alliance SPA led by DMK which consisted of Congress won 159 seats collectively While the NDA won 75 seats the AIADMK emerged as the largest party in the alliance with 66 seatsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever