AIADMK's Palaniswami asks office-bearers in Salem to prepare for 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Oct 24, 2023
Salem (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 24 : After breaking ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami on Tuesday held a meeting of the party's office-bearers of the Salem district to discuss preparedness for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
"Palaniswami instructed the district leaders to strengthen the booth committees of the party ahead of the 2024 general election," as per the party release.
He also told them that they should find out 'fake voters' in the voter list and inform the authorities.
He also told the leaders that welfare schemes of the previous AIADMK government in the state should be highlighted to the voters.
AIADMK is facing its first Lok Sabha election after Palaniswami cemented his authority in the party in an internal struggle with former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.
AIADMK had also recently severed its ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party alleging that its state leaders indulged in statements that belittled the party's icons and former Chief Ministers J Jayalalithaa and CN Annadurai.
Palaniswami said on Sunday that the party has completely withdrawn from the alliance.
While addressing a public event of the party in Salem, the AIADMK general secretary said, "AIADMK has completely withdrawn from the BJP alliance. I have made this clear."
The AIADMK leader had earlier clarified that there was no pressure from anyone to leave the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu.
"We are strong with our decision to break ties with the BJP. No one can put any pressure on us to make this decision. A few incidents hurt our cadres," Edappadi Palaniswami said while speaking to reporters in Salem earlier this month.
The party had passed a resolution unanimously to leave the BJP-led NDA on October 2, 2023.
Further, launching a scathing attack against the ruling party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Palaniswami alleged that the law and order in the state had been broken down under the DMK regime.
"But people were better under the AIADMK rule, now the law and order have been broken down under the DMK rule. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had said that measures would be taken to control drugs, but he did not implement them properly," he said.
