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Sengottaiyan Aligns With OPS and Dhinakaran at Thevar Memorial as AIADMK Rift Widens

EPS cast the show of unity as betrayal, signalling disciplinary action.

Overview

  • At the Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar memorial in Ramanathapuram, K. A. Sengottaiyan joined O. Panneerselvam and T. T. V. Dhinakaran to pay homage and perform a joint aarti.
  • The trio pledged to work together for the 2026 Assembly election and invoked the legacies of M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa as their rallying cause.
  • After the ceremony, Panneerselvam and Sengottaiyan met V. K. Sasikala at Pasumpon, underscoring coordination among expelled and dissident figures.
  • AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami dismissed their unity as the work of the DMK’s ‘B-team’ and indicated that action, including expulsion of Sengottaiyan, could follow.
  • Palaniswami denied any alliance talks with actor Vijay’s TVK and cited OPS’s alleged remark that DMK would return in 2026, which OPS later clarified as a conditional warning about disunity.