TTV Dhinakaran's postings meant to bring down AIADMK: TN Finance Minister

Chennai: Questioning the rationale of ‘appointing’ the office bearers for the AIADMK by Deputy General Secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran, AIADMK senior and State Finance Minister D. Jayakumar has alleged that the move is aimed at bringing down the AIADMK Government.

“As I had stated already, the issue of whether the appointment of General Secretary (V. K. Sasikala) is valid or not is pending before the Election Commission. Therefore, the appointments (of office bearers) announced by Deputy General Secretary are not valid,” Mr. Jayakumar said.

“Some persons, whether it is A or B - you all know who is A and B, their objective is to bring down this government. They are taking all steps in that direction,” he said during a chat with reporters at the airport here on Sunday.
On August 4, Mr Dhinakaran, aiming to reassert his authority in the ruling AIADMK, had named several of his loyalists as office-bearers of the party. However, on Saturday some legislators including A.K. Bose, who was named joint secretary of agriculture wing, declined to take up the post in view of his health condition.

Two other legislators K. Palani (Sriperumbudur) and Sathya Panneerselvam (Panruti) who were also named joint secretaries of the party forum ‘Amma Peravai’ and women's wing, respectively, also declined to accept the posts.