AIADMK stakes fresh claim to symbol
The affidavits filed were in addition to those filed previously.
New Delhi: The unified AIADMK on Friday submitted fresh affidavits to the Election Commission of India, claiming it has the support of the majority of the party’s lawmakers as well as office-bearers and should be given the ‘two leaves’ poll symbol.
MLA C.V. Shanmugam, who was part of a delegation that made the submissions, said the affidavits from 95 per cent of party cadres supporting the merged faction were submitted.
The affidavits of 115 MLAs, 44 MPs, 52 district secretaries, 126 town secretaries and over 1,200 village secretaries from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra, and Puducherry
were submitted.
Later in the day, the rival faction, headed by ousted party interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala and her nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran, filed over 1,000 fresh affidavits from general council members, who were holding the posts before Dhinakaran was ousted. The affidavits filed were in addition to those filed previously.