Chennai, Aug 27 (PTI) Upping the ante in his fight against the ruling establishment, sidelined AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran today removed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami from the post of partys Salem District Secretary. In a party release here, Dhinkaran, fighting to assert his supremacy in the wake of recent merger of two AIADMK factions, announced Palaniswami was relieved from his post of Salem Suburban District Secretary effective today. With his latest action, Dhinakaran seeks to convey that he is determined to take on even the Chief Minister for their opposition to Sasikala. He said Salem Suburban District Secretary and former MLA S K Selvam will replace Palaniswami as the district secretary. Later, two more AIADMK MLAs have supported the pro-Dhinakaran group, boosting its strength to 21 and all of them are now camping in a star hotel in Puducherry.

Source: India Today August 27, 2017 07:18 UTC