There is a popular phrase, “so close, yet so far.” In fact, the current situation of the AIADMK breakaway faction reminds one of another adage: “all dressed up and nowhere to go.”
Senior AIADMK leaders have begun mobilising support against EPS, with rebels exploring party rules to trigger a major leadership confrontation after the 2026 poll setback.
AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami alleged that Vijay formed the TVK government by luring some members with promises of ministerial berths and board appointments.
Multiple political scenarios are emerging in Tamil Nadu after the fractured Assembly verdict, with AIADMK, DMK and TVK exploring possible routes to power.
Apprehensive of poaching of its flock, the AIADMK leadership has kept its flock confined at a luxury resort at Poornakuppam in neighbouring Puducherry.
After submitting the memorandum accompanied by senior party colleagues, EPS told the media that he had requested the governor to take steps to constitute a Commission of Inquiry headed by a former judge of the Supreme Court to probe the allegations.
Interestingly, only the other day, AIADMK deputy general secretary KP Munusamy, a former minister, had launched a broadside against the TVK, debunking Vijay’s claim of the TVK as a party of purity.
Criticising the Congress government in Karnataka for acting with the sole intention of turning Tamil Nadu into a desert by failing to honour the rights of the lower riparian state over Cauvery waters, the principal opposition AIADMK has urged Chief Minister MK Stalin to take proactive steps to protect the state’s legitimate rights.
Interestingly, he also asked ticket aspirants from Puducherry and Kerala to get the applications since the Union Territory and the neighbouring state as well are also having assembly elections early next year.
The Prime Minister, during the short duration visit, is scheduled to inaugurate the South Indian Natural Farming Summit in the textile city.
