Finally, the state of Tamil Nadu has got its CM candidate. After serious discussion for more than a week, the AIADMK has appointed its Chief Ministerial candidate. Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami will formally be the face of the party in the upcoming elections in 2021. O Paneerselvam, who is co-coordinator, declared Edappadi Palaniswami as the CM nominee for the Assembly Elections on Wednesday. CM Palaniswami, who is the joint administrator of the party declared the establishment of a steering committee, which has been O Panneerselvam’s constant demand.

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EPS today declared that the 11-member steering committee will have Dindigul Sreenivasan, Thangamani, Velumani, D Jayakumar, C Ve Shanmugam, Kamaraj, JCD Prabakaran, Manoj Pandian, Mohan, Gopalakrishnan, Manickam. The council does not have any woman contestant. The decisions were made at the party headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday. Scores of party workers had gathered at the party office on Wednesday morning in expectation of the announcement, breaking physical distancing norms in the wake of the ongoing pandemic.   

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On September 28, the party had held an executive meeting with senior leaders to discuss party matters. During the interaction, Deputy CM OPS alleged that he should be the party's CM candidate as he had been appointed by former CM J Jayalalithaa to take over the position in her absence. He pointed out that EPS had been chosen by VK Sasikala, the former general secretary who has been shunned by the party. EPS, however, stated that they had both been appointed by Sasikala, according to sources, and debated that he had served well as a Chief Minister and even handled the pandemic well.

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