From the day the demand for a single leadership in the AIADMK was raised, the party's key administrators and former ministers have all been on the side of Edappadi K Palanisamy (EPS).
Also, as the EPS side threatened that they have the support of the majority of the members of the general council, the legal battle by O.Pennerselvam (OPS)’s side to stop the holding of the general council meeting seemed to have worked for him in the beginning.
But at some point the court overruled OPS’ plea saying that it could not ban the general assembly. As the party administration is gradually falling into the hands of EPS, OPS and its supporters are waiting to see what the Election Commission and the Supreme Court will do next in the matter of party leadership.
As OPS is now in a life or death situation in politics, EPS felt that it is necessary to make clear to the BJP as an alliance party what is its position on OPS. However, as he could not meet both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as planned, he completed his four-day trip to Delhi in two days and returned to Chennai disappointed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Chennai tomorrow (July 28) to inaugurate the International Chess Olympiad in such an exciting environment. There are reports that both EPS and OPS are going to meet him separately at the Guindy. Governor's House that night.
During this meeting, it seems that both EPS and OPS will present their arguments in detail to Modi regarding the AIADMK internal party issue.
So Modi's position on this matter is considered very important.
Will PM Modi try to reconcile EPS and OPS, and will EPS accept such a compromise? All this will be known after Modi's visit to Chennai.
Let's wait to know the result!