AIADMK MLA escapes from resort, joins OPS camp
February 13, 2017 21:12
In a blow to Sasikala Natarajan ahead of judgment day, another AIADMK MP and MLA have switched over to O Panneerselvam's camp.
ANI reported that AIADMK's South Madurai MLA Saravanan and Madurai MP R Gopalakrishnan have extended support to O Paneerselvam.
Saravanan had been housed at the Golden Bay resort at Koovathur along with other MLAs.
The Hindu quoted Saravanan as saying, "I am a civil engineer and I planned and escaped before Sasikala arrived. I came out in T-shirt and bermudas. We would eat three times a day there and we would secretly interact with the public through social networking sites and support OPS. If I can come, the rest will too."
Addressing the media, flanked by OPS, Gopalakrishnan says: "Whoever Jayalalithaa has supported, even the public has accepted them. OPS is the hero of Jallikattu, no other politician has a right to claim. In a few hours, we will make him sit as the chief minister again. The ones supporting Amma should support him."