Palaniswami is AIADMK CM face for Tamil Nadu poll

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Updated At : 12:46 PM Oct 08, 2020 IST

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Chennai, October 7

Incumbent Chief Minister K Palaniswami was on Wednesday named by the AIADMK as the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, ending a brewing crisis triggered by differences between him and his deputy O Panneerselvam over the leadership issue.

The two top leaders buried the hatchet and reached a workable understanding as AIADMK coordinator Panneerselvam himself announced the name of Palaniswami, while the latter declared constitution of an 11-member steering committee, acceding to a long-pending demand of the former.

Ironing out differences in parleys over a week involving ministers and party leaders, the twin announcements have removed intra-party roadblocks for the AIADMK in gearing up with gusto for the Assembly elections next year. — PTI

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