Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was on Friday unanimously elected as the General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
Speaking to the cadres, Jayalalitha extended her gratitude and happiness on being elected as the General Secretary. She also stated that under her regime the party has attained a massive growth.
"You have unanimously elected me as the General Secretary and I accept it with happiness. Many have travelled from various parts and applied nomination for me and I thank them. I am working from last 26 years and the party has attained a massive growth. When our leader MGR passed away, the cadres were about 17 lakh and now the number has grown to 1.5 crore," said Jayalalithaa.
She also exhorted party cadres to remain united and said that AIADMK has no enemies anymore, especially after the astounding victory in Lok Sabha polls.
"We have attained a massive victory in the Assembly poll and the Lok Sabha elections. Today we couldn't even see our political enemies. The only party working for people is AIADMK. The only vision of party is to work for people and if we will continue to work together then we will always emerge victorious. I once again thank everyone for electing me as General Secretary," she added.
Jayalalitha has been elected as the party's General Secretary unanimously for the seventh consecutive time, and this was announced by the organising secretary Visalakshi Nedunchezhiyan.
About 2,467 nominations representing Jayalalithaa's name as General Secretary were filed from various cadres throughout Tamil Nadu.
