Pudukottai (Tamil Nadu), May 28 (PTI) Former AIADMK minister C Vijayabaskar, one of the rebel MLAs who returned to the party fold, sprang a surprise on Thursday by holding a consultative meeting with his supporters.
Later, he announced that his next political move would be in sync with the wishes of his supporters and those who elected him from the Viralimalai Assembly constituency. He also said that he will announce his next move soon.
A medical doctor by profession, Vijayabaskar said he obtained the feedback from party cadres and the people of his constituency who were responsible for his victory from Viralimalai in the April 23 Assembly election.
“I patiently heard their views. I asked them to be patient,” he told reporters here. Asked if he, along with his supporters, planned to join the ruling TVK, Vijayabaskar replied, “I can’t reply to speculations. I am 51 years old. I served the AIADMK for 25 years, and I won all the elections that I contested. I served the people during the pandemic too, and my thought is to serve the people.” He thanked the people who elected him and said that he will go by the people’s decision. “My political move will depend on their consensus. I will go by their decision,” he added.
Vijayabaskar was among the rebel MLAs led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani who voted in favour of the TVK government during the floor test in the Assembly on May 13. On Wednesday, the rebels called on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami at his Greenways Road residence here and patched up. Except for C Ve Shanmugam, all other rebel MLAs agreed to function under Palaniswami’s leadership. PTI JSP JSP ADB
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