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Prez election: AIADMK Amma faction to support NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind

AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran announced the camp's support to NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind in the July 17 presidential poll on Friday, June 23.

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AIADMK (Amma) faction leader T T V Dhinakaran announced the camp's support to NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind in the July 17 presidential poll on Friday, June 23.

Dhinakaran made the announcement as per the "orders" of jailed party chief V K Sasikala, and said that all the MP's in the faction as well as MLA's in the Assemblies of both Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will support Kovind in the election.

"As per the orders of AIADMK (Amma) General Secretary V K Sasikala, I announce with joy that MP's from the Amma faction, besides MLA's in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, and alliance party MLA's will vote for Ram Nath Kovind, who is contesting the Presidential polls on behalf of BJP," he said in a statement.

Dhinakaran's announcement comes in the wake of Chief Minister K Palaniswami, heading the Amma faction, and rebel leader, O Panneerselvam, having already extended their support to the former Bihar governor, which virtually seals AIADMK's entire support to the NDA candidate.

The AIADMK, whose strength in the Tamil Nadu Assembly is 135, has a total of 49 MP's, including 37 in Lok Sabha.

The Amma faction has 122 MLA's in the 234-member state Assembly, while the Puratchi Thalaivi Amma camp led by Panneerselvam has 12 legislators.

The other one is the Speaker.

Following the death of former chief minister Jayalalithaa in December last year, the R K Nagar seat lies vacant .

Recently, nearly 30 ruling party MLA's had called on Dhinakaran post his release on bail in the Election Commission bribery case, triggering speculation that one more faction could emerge.

 

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