Finance Minister D Jayakumar offers to resign, ahead of the AIADMK merger talks

Finance Minister D Jayakumar is said to have done this as a goodwill gesture towards O Panneerselvam camp from Chief Minister K Palanisamy's faction. Both the factions have formed a seven-member committee to hold negotiations.

Jayakumar further said that he is willing to sacrifice his portfolio as the Finance Minister for the welfare of the party. Though the two groups of the AIADMK, Amma and PTA, are almost close to clinching a merger deal, they need to compromise on several issues and sit on the talks table for many rounds before deciding a clear roadmap to unitedly run the party and the government. Earlier the AIADMK merger talks hit a roadblock with O Panneerselvam faction laying pre-conditions.