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‘TTV confident of capturing AIADMK after Lok Sabha polls’
Post the defection of Karur strongman Senthil Balaji to the DMK and speculations on the merger of the AIADMK with the AMMK, AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran has asked his party cadre to wait and watch till the Lok Sabha polls.
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Dhinakaran, who suffered a political setback in the 18 MLA disqualification case, is now eagerly waiting for the LS elections and by-polls to the 20 vacant assembly seats.
Dhinakaran had also told reporters that the ruling AIADMK is spreading rumours on social media regarding the merger, which he opined amounts to suicide at this point of time. The RK Nagar legislator is confident of taking over the mantle once the AIADMK loses power, sources said.
“Our leader has already made it clear to the media that there are no merger talks between the AMMK and the AIADMK, but the AMMK will take over the ruling party,” AMMK organising secretary Sukumar Babu told DT Next.
“We are conveying Dhinakaran’s strategy to all party functionaries. He is sure of getting back the remaining cadre from the AIADMK after the general elections, which is expected any time,” he added.
Stating that history will repeat in the AIADMK, Babu likened the present situation to 1989 when there was a factional feud between Jayalalithaa and Janaki Ramachandran sides.
“We are reaching out to the AIADMK functionaries during marriages and other public functions asking them to join us. A majority have agreed to accept the leadership of TTV after the Lok Sabha polls,” the AMMK leader said.
However, a AIADMK MLA said the AMMK is underestimating Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.
“Even if we win 8 to 10 seats in the assembly by-polls, the party will be able to run the government with a simple majority. Under such circumstances, AMMK functionaries will return to the ruling party,” he said, on condition of anonymity.
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