OPS faction MLA formally joins AIADMK-Amma camp

July 23, 2017 19:27

V C Arukutty, MLA, among the first to switch over to the O Panneerselvam camp, today joined the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Amma in the presence of Chief Minister, Edapadi Palanisamy.

Arukutty met Palanisamy in Salem and joined the party.

The MLA said of late AIADMK-Puratchi Thalaivi Amma sidelined him and he has no other option but to join the ruling faction of the party after talking to the people of his constituency Kaundampalayam in Coimbatore.

"It is for the welfare of the constituency, as development projects will not come there if I continue to oppose the Government," he said.

The AIAMDK has two factions, one led by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and the other by Pannerselvam.

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