After Supreme Court judgment, EPS says ‘truth has prevailed’

“Truth has prevailed. The mask of a few people who attempted to destroy AIADMK by functioning as a B-team of DMK has been torn off today. Our party cadres faced so many struggles and hardships in the past six months. The Opposition has been making a lot of noise that the AIADMK has split into four groups, there is no future for our party; the Supreme Court judgment today has put an end to it,” the former chief minister said.

When questioned whether the party will accept cadres who were part of rebel camps, EPS said that except for a few people, the doors of the AIADMK are always open for other cadres. He added there is still plenty of time to speak about the alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, and right now they are focused on making their candidate emerge victorious in the Erode East Assembly by-poll.

In Chennai, his supporters broke into a celebration. The supporters, who gathered at the MGR Maligai, the headquarters of AIADMK in Royapettah, burst crackers and distributed sweets to the cadres and public. They also poured milk on an EPS cutout and raised slogans supporting him.

They claimed Edappadi will soon be made the general secretary of the party and will be elected as the chief minister of the state by the public in the next Assembly election.

The apex court Thursday looked at a batch of cross petitions concerning amendments made to the party bylaws during the July 11, 2022, general council meeting.

“Having regard to the circumstances and the scope of these appeals, we have not found it necessary to deal with any of the impleadment applications moved in these matters and we would leave it open for all such applicants to take the appropriate remedy in accordance with the law,” a Supreme Court bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy said.