CHENNAI:
AIADMK’s two-time Lok Sabha member from Tiruvallur, P Venugopal, will continue as its parliamentary party leader, party chief and
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa said in a party release on Wednesday. Venugopal is the party's floor leader in the Lok Sabha.
Rajya Sabha MP and former advocate-general A Navaneethakrishnan will be the party’s deputy parliamentary party leader and the floor leader in the Rajya Sabha.
The release stated that party general secretary and Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has appointed AIADMK RS MP and former Union minister S R Balasubramanian as its deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. The party's women's wing secretary, Vijila Sathyananth is the new party whip, A K Selvaraj has been appointed as treasurer and A Vijayakumar is the party secretary in RS, the release said.
Last month, four AIADMK leaders were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha - former minister R Vaithilingam, Balasubramanian, Navaneethakrishnan and Vijayakumar, who is the joint secretary of party advocates wing of Kanyakumari district.
The AIADMK has 37 Lok Sabha and 13 Rajya Sabha members.