Six senior leaders — school education minister “’MaFoi” K. Pandiarajan, three MPs and spokesman C. Ponnaiyan — on Saturday extended support to Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, while AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala warned of a “different kind of protest” since her “patience has run out”.
Stung by the OPS team gaining more traction with four LS MPs — P.R. Sundaram, K. Ashok Kumar, V. Sathyabama and Vanaroja — extending their support, Ms Sasikala met legislators lodged at the Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur and expressed confidence that she has the numbers.
After Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao did not respond to her letter seeking an appointment to parade her legislators, Ms Sasikala issued a veiled warning to the Centre and the constitutional head of the state accusing them of delaying the government formation only to “split the AIADMK”. “We have been patient till today and we will protest in a different way from tomorrow,” she said.
