Overview

• Sengottaiyan told close followers he will speak publicly on Friday at a meeting he has scheduled for September 5.
• Party sources say he frames Sasikala’s return as a route to unity, a stance viewed as a direct challenge to EPS’s leadership.
• EPS has repeatedly ruled out reconciliation with Sasikala, who served as the party’s interim general secretary before her expulsion.
• Sengottaiyan earlier signalled dissent by skipping a February event for EPS over missing MGR and Jayalalithaa images and by traveling to New Delhi before tensions eased after EPS met Amit Shah.
• Insiders warn the push could reopen unity debates inside AIADMK as Sasikala vows to revive the party, with the turmoil unfolding against the backdrop of OPS’s 2022 expulsion.