Panruti Ramachandran, a veteran of the AIADMK who was also expelled for siding with Panneerselvam, told reporters that they have decided a “working arrangement” like the CPI and CPI (M). On, former AIADMK leader Pannerselvam met Dhinakaran and joined with them. Dhinakaran rejected the idea of merging the AMMK with AIADMK, but stated that his party was willing to ally with them. Panneerselvam expressed the desire to unify the party along with Sasikala and Dhinakaran. After his expulsion from the AIADMK in July 2022 and restoration in August amidst a power struggle with Edappadi K. It won from three corporation wards, 33 municipal wards and 66 town panchayat wards. The AMMK was again allotted the pressure cooker symbol for the 2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections. The AIMIM and SDPI failed to win any seats as well and had a dismal performance. While the AMMK and DMDK failed to win any seats in Tamil Nadu, the two cut into the vote share of AIADMK in 21 seats. Sasikala however announced her retirement from politics in March 2021, a month after being released from jail, and did not support the AMMK when it decided to contest against the AIADMK in the elections. In Puducherry, it allied with SDPI and allotted it four seats. Candidates from these parties contested under AMMK. One seat each was allotted to Makkalarasu Katchi, Viduthalai Tamil Puligal Katchi, Gokula Makkal Katchi and Marudhu Senai Sangam. Out of 234 seats, 60 seats were allocated to DMDK, six to SDPI and three to AIMIM. In Tamil Nadu, the AMMK entered into an alliance called the "People's Front" with Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), SDPI and other smaller parties for the election. Īhead of the Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission allotted the pressure cooker symbol to AMMK in December 2020. During the rural local body elections held later in the same year, the AMMK had to contest on another symbol, this time of the coconut tree, and was able to secure victory from 94 panchayat union wards. Both the parties failed to win from any of the seats, though the AMMK was able to spilt the votes the AIADMK would have usually received. The AMMK was allocated the gift box symbol for the election. Elections and alliances īefore the 2019 general elections in Tamil Nadu, the AMMK entered into a political alliance with the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in March 2019, allotting one seat to it. The Election Commission of India recognised the AMMK as a registered state party in December 2019, while the post of the party president remained vacant. On 19 April, Dhinakaran was elected as the general secretary and stated that Sasikala would be appointed as the party president after her release from jail. In February 2019, actor Ranjith resigned as the Tamil Nadu state vice-president post in the PMK and joined AMMK to register his protest against the PMK's decision to join an alliance led by the AIADMK. Dhinakaran was also elected as national convener by his party members. Sasikala and Dhinakaran were assigned the post of general secretary and deputy general secretary of the party respectively. He also gifted expensive gifts worth crores to actors Jacqueline Fernandez and Nora Fatehi.On 15 March 2018 at a public meeting in Madurai, TTV Dinakaran launched the party flag and named the party "Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam" after the AIADMK expelled him as well as his aunt V. Sukesh earlier came to limelight for extorting Rs 215 crore from a Delhi businessman’s wife while he was lodged in Tihar Jail. The ED decided to confront both face to face to discover the truth, sources added. However, during ED’s recent questioning, Sukesh reportedly claimed that he was given Rs 10 crore by Dhinakaran and election commission officials were also given money. Dhinakaran later founded the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam with his aunt VK Sasikala and is now its general secretary. Sukesh had assured Dhinakaran that he would get the AIADMK’s two-leaf symbol for his faction if he paid up Rs 50 crore. The case started in 2017 when Sukesh was arrested by Delhi Police’s Crime Branch for allegedly fixing a deal with TTV Dhinakaran, who was in AIADMK at the time. Officials said Dhinakaran was summoned for questioning just two days after Chandrashekhar’s arrest.ĪLSO READ | Sukesh Chandrasekhar arrested again by ED in 5-year-old bribery case involving TTV Dhinakaran Sukesh Chandrashekhar was placed under arrest on April 4 by the Enforcement Directorate in a five-year-old bribery case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday confronted Tamil Nadu politician TTV Dhinakaran for his involvement with conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar in the bribery and cheating case against him.
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