Panneerselvam
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Panneerselvam to join DMK? His meet with Stalin hours after quitting NDA sparks buzz
Chennai | Jul 31, 2025, 10:39 PM ISTO Panneerselvam, who was expelled from the AIADMK in 2022, had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in an alliance with the NDA.
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Panneerselvam was loyal, Palaniswami did not visit me in jail: Sasikala
India | Jul 27, 2021, 09:05 AM ISTV.K. Sasikala on Monday said neither former Chief Minister K. Palaniswami nor his wife had visited her at Bengaluru jail even once.
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AIADMK releases list of 171 candidates for Tamil Nadu polls 2021, BJP to contest on 20 seats
Elections | Mar 10, 2021, 06:47 PM ISTThe AIADMK on Wednesday released the list of 171 candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. The PMK and BJP in AIADMK led alliance will contest in 23 and 20 constituencies respectively.
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RK Nagar bypoll: Election campaign to end today, Jayalalithaa’s constituency to vote on Dec 21
Elections | Dec 19, 2017, 01:02 PM ISTThe outcome of the by-election could serve as a report card of the ruling AIADMK which faced turbulence after late chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s death.
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‘We are in majority’, claims unified AIADMK as 111 MLAs attend meet convened by EPS
National | Sep 05, 2017, 07:43 PM ISTAmid the ongoing political crisis and demand for a floor test in the Tamil Nadu Assembly by the Opposition parties, 111 MLAs of the ruling AIADMK attended a legislator’s meet convened by Chief Minister E Palaniswami
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Tamil Nadu crisis: AIADMK general council to be convened, Sasikala likely to be expelled
National | Aug 28, 2017, 01:56 PM ISTThe AIADMK will hold a crucial meeting on Monday to decide on the modalities of formal expulsion of jailed interim General Secretary V K Sasikala and to declare the actions taken by her nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran against party office bearers
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AIADMK crisis: Why shouldn’t you be disqualified, Tamil Nadu Speaker asks 19 rebel MLAs
National | Aug 24, 2017, 08:45 PM ISTUpset over the coming together of the two major factions of the AIADMK, the 19 legislators have submitted a memorandum to Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao withdrawing their support to the Chief Minister
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Tamil Nadu crisis: 19 AIADMK MLAs shift loyalty to Dhinakaran, ‘herded’ to Puducherry resorts
National | Aug 22, 2017, 06:49 PM IST17 of the 19 Dhinakaran loyalists are learnt to have been shifted to two hotels in Puducherry. In what could bring more trouble for the unified AIADMK, 10 more MLAs are likely to switch loyalties and join the Dhinakaran camp
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AIADMK merger: ‘Isolated’ Dhinakaran faction to meet Tamil Nadu Governor today
National | Aug 22, 2017, 01:06 AM ISTThe faction headed by V K Sasikala's nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran is upset over the isolation and will meet the Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Tuesday.
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OPS returns as Dy CM of Tamil Nadu after merger of AIADMK factions, Sasikala likely to be sacked
National | Aug 22, 2017, 07:36 AM ISTSix months after parting ways following the death of then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the two factions of the AIADMK finally merged on Monday with rebel leader O Panneerselvam made the Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and party coordinator
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Merger done; Panneerselvam becomes Tamil Nadu Dy CM; Sasikala to be expelled soon
National | Aug 21, 2017, 05:51 PM ISTThe AIADMK factions led by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and rebel leader O Panneerselvam decided to merge after a series of discussions on Monday
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AIADMK’s Panneerselvam faction to support Venkaiah Naidu for VP post
National | Jul 18, 2017, 11:14 AM ISTPanneerselvam faction claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought their support for Naidu in the August 5 election.
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Presidential poll: With OPS and Palaniswami’s backing, NDA gets full support of divided AIADMK
National | Jun 22, 2017, 12:15 PM ISTFurther cementing the prospect of NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind succeeding Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India, the AIADMK’s O Panneerselvam faction today extended support to the saffron party’ nominee
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OPS dissolves panel for holding merger talks with Palaniswami camp
National | Jun 12, 2017, 06:51 AM ISTPuratchi Thalaivi Amma camp leader O Panneerselvam tonight announced dissolving a seven-member panel set up to hold merger talks with the Amma faction led by Chief Minister K Palaniswami
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OPS announces dissolution of panel for holding merger talks
National | Jun 11, 2017, 10:47 PM ISTPanneerselvam's announcement at a meeting of party functionaries here came after senior party leaders pressed him for a decision in this regard.
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Tamil Nadu: O Panneerselvam against hurting prospects of Palaniswami government
National | Jun 07, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTPanneerselvam’s statement came amid changing power equations in the ruling AIADMK's Amma faction.
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Panneerselvam's tweet on ‘alliance with BJP’ creates flutter in Tamil Nadu
National | May 20, 2017, 02:29 PM ISTFormer Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today created a flutter in political circles after he tweeted that the alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be decided after local body polls are announced.
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Sasikala sidelined? Merger on cards for rival AIADMK camps
National | Apr 18, 2017, 12:15 PM ISTIt is said that the focus of yesterday’s meeting was to discuss the possible resignation of Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran and chalk out a strategy for a merger to put an end to the political crisis.
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EC splits AIADMK into two, allots new symbols, names to OPS-Sasikala factions
National | Mar 23, 2017, 02:07 PM ISTWhile the EC has handed the O Panneerselvam camp the ‘electrcity pole’ symbol, Sasikala has been allotted the ‘hat’ for RK Nagar bypoll.
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Sasikala vs OPS: EC freezes AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol
National | Mar 22, 2017, 11:55 PM ISTIn a major setback to both the parties the Sasikala and O Panneerselvam factions of the AIADMK, the Election Commission on Wednesday has ordered their party symbol to be frozen. Both the factions want to