AIADMK leader joins O Panneerselvam camp

Tamil Nadu feb 10 : In more support to revolting Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, AIADMK leader E Ponnusamy today joined his camp, and urged the party MLAs to back him.Speaking after extending support to the Chief Minister, he said Panneerselvam had been identified by former party supremo J Jayalalithaa and appealed to the AIADMK MLAs to extend their support to him.

A former PMK leader and a Minister of State in the NDA regime during 1999-2001, Ponnusamy had joined AIADMK in 2013 in the presence of Jayalalithaa.On Thursday, AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madusudanan had extended his support to Panneerselvam, who had on February 7 raised a banner of revolt against party General Secretary V K Sasikala, alleging he was forced to step down for her elevation as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.She had been elected AIADMK Legislature Party leader on Sunday.