AIADMK’s Panneerselvam, Palaniswami duo elected as party chiefs
AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami were on Monday declared elected unopposed as party Coordinator and Joint Coordinator respectively, the top two posts that together constitute the party’s apex leadership.
The two leaders were elected unanimously for the first time in organisational election, while they were appointed to their positions of Coordinator and Co-Coordinator in the party’s general council meet held here in 2017.
Declaring the organisational poll results to top two posts, party’s election official C Ponnaiyan said Panneerselvam and Palaniswami were elected unanimously, without contest to the posts of Coordinator and Joint Coordinator respectively.
The declaration of result immediately sparked celebrations by party workers who burst firecrackers and distributed sweets at party headquarters here.
The two top leaders, receiving the certificate of election, paid floral tributes to the statues of AIADMK icons, the party founder M G Ramachandran and late supremo J Jayalalithaa.
Ponnaiyan, also the party’s organising secretary, said only one application that was together filed by Panneerselvam and Palaniswami -to the twin top positions- was received and it was found to be in order, conforming to party bylaws.
“It is hence declared that Panneerselvam and Palaniswami are declared elected unanimously, without contest to the post of coordinator and joint coordinator,” he said.
Ponnaiyan, along with Pollachi V Jayaraman, AIADMK’s poll wing secretary, declared the result at party headquarters, ‘MGR Maaligai,’ here.
It was J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016) who was re-elected unanimously in 2014 in organisation poll as AIADMK general secretary, the then top post.
Party workers celebrated the duo getting elected to the top posts by distributing sweets and bursting firecrackers in various parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, Coimbatore, Salem and Namakkal.
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