EPS says in statement that the 18 members are 'being removed from their primary memberships of AIADMK for acting in contradiction with goals and policies of party'.
OPS and EPS were made coordinator and co-coordinator of the AIADMK in an innovative concept of dual leadership that was put in place after the demise of party chief J. Jayalalithaa in 2016.
At AIADMK general and executive council meeting scheduled for 23 June, EPS camp is expected to push for single leadership of the party. OPS camp wants meeting postponed.
Sasikala, the one-time close aide of Jayalalithaa, was expelled from AIADMK in 2017. Its senior leaders have threatened legal action over Sasikala naming herself as ‘general secretary’ of party.
Meeting shows BJP is keeping all channels open in Tamil Nadu ahead of general elections but also that for party, EPS is the main leader of fractured AIADMK.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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