OPS’s DMK entry: BJP’s Jayaprakash claims ‘Senthil Balaji will become party president soon’

Key Highlights

• DMK has become almost like a mini retired AIADMK spa or a place where all of the old retired AIADMK people go and join." Panneerselvam, who was expelled from the AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami after a bitter leadership battle in 2022, formally joined the DMK in the presence of party president and Chief Minister M K Stalin.
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• Reacting to the development, Jayaprakash alleged that the entry of former AIADMK leaders could alter the DMK’s internal power dynamics.
• "It is a big danger for the original DMK people who strived and fought against MGR and Jayalalithaa all these years," he said.
• He further claimed, "I am predicting that the original DMK will be taken over by people like Senthil Balaji, and he will become the president of DMK very soon." Meanwhile, dissent has emerged among sections of Panneerselvam’s support base.