In the case related to the AIADMK General Committee, the OPS party raised various allegations against the EPS party in the Supreme Court.
O. Panneerselvam and others filed appeals in the Supreme Court against the High Court’s decision that the AIADMK General Assembly held in Chennai on July 11 will go. These petitions came up for hearing yesterday before a bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Rishikesh Sai. At that time, it was argued by Edappadi Palaniswami that as per AIADMK rules, the General Assembly was held based on the demand of one-fifth of the members.
After this, the judges questioned whether the interim general secretary was elected after conducting the election. For this, Edappadi Palaniswami said that the interim general secretary was chosen by the majority of the general committee members. Subsequently, the posts of coordinator, co-coordinator, elected by election? To the question raised by the judge, the OPS side replied that the selection was made without competition as no one else filed nominations for the two posts.
Following this, the OPS side demanded an order to resume the status quo in the AIADMK before July 11. Then, why did they remove the OPS without asking for any explanation? The judges questioned the Edappadi Palaniswami side. On Edappadi Palaniswami’s side, it was alleged that OPS was working in favor of DMK. The court then said that we do not consider who is supporting whom and there is no need to consider, and said that we want to complete the trial by the General Assembly within this week.
And they insisted yesterday that the arguments already made should not be repeated. Following this, today at 2 pm the hearing came in the session of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy. Then lawyer Ranjith Kumar presented arguments on behalf of OPS. The OPS side argued that various provisions have been mentioned in the High Court order. And the OPS lawyer pointed out the provisions of the AIADMK Act as defined in December 2011.
After this, the coordinator in charge of the general secretary submitted a comparison document between the current amended rules and the old rules in AIADMK. The lawyer for OPS read out the regulations as to how he was transferred to the co-coordinator. The judges questioned whether it was the general committee that changed the responsibility of the general secretary and created a dual leadership. O. Panneerselvam explained yes.
So what is an executive committee? The judges requested an explanation. When the judges questioned whether it was the general committee that changed the responsibility of the general secretary and created a dual leadership, the OPS side replied that if the general secretary had held an election, the dual leadership would not have been necessary.
The OPS party told the judge that the general secretary election may be held within a year after Jayalalithaa’s death. The OPS side told the judge that the EPS side acted to cause further confusion. The AIADMK rules were changed so that the general secretary post held by Jayalalithaa will not be held. The OPS argued that they are going to hold elections for the post of General Secretary again.
Also, after Jayalalithaa’s death, the OPS party has submitted an argument to the judges that the post of coordinators is an administrative post and the term of office of coordinators in AIADMK is 5 years, including the appointment of administrators.
According to the AIADMK rules, the decision regarding the election will be the decision of the dual leadership and the dual leadership can take decisions jointly and the dual leadership should act as one soul. O. Panneerselvam’s side argued by pointing to Article 42 of the AIADMK. The OPS side argued that the selection of Tamil son Usain as the chairman of the assembly before the meeting was illegal and that only the coordinator co-coordinator could convene the general assembly and was not the chairman.
The argument was held in the Delhi High Court pointing to the case of Sasikala and TTV Dinakaran that the OPS party, who argued that the General Assembly held in July was illegal, was trying to cross paths with the post of AIADMK General Secretary and the EPS party. Also, only those who have been in charge of the head office for 10 years can contest for the post of general secretary, the OPS party said that the AIADMK rules have been changed so that only one EPS can contest for the post of general secretary. After hearing the arguments of the OPS side for two hours, the judges adjourned the hearing of the AIADMK General Committee tomorrow at 12 noon, saying that the arguments of the OPS side would continue.
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