‘Agri’ Krishnamurthy challenges deserters to prove the alleged bid to form government with DMK’s support

S. Krishnamurthy

The AIADMK’s agricultural wing secretary and whip in the Assembly ‘Agri’ S.S. Krishnamurthy

on Thursday challenged deserters to prove

that the party general secretary

Edappadi K. Palaniswami had discussed with them the possibility of forming a government with the support of the DMK and its allies. In a statement, he recalled that all the 47 legislators who had won on the ticket of the AIADMK had met; adopted a resolution, electing Mr Palaniswami the leader of the legislature party and signed on a document to this effect. Between this day and the day on which 25 rebels had voted in favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government on the floor of the House during a trust motion, “can anyone of them say that the general secretary had told them about the government formation with the help of the DMK and its allies?”Did the rebels not realise that their allegation about Mr Palaniswami was false, when they had given a letter of regret for having violated the party’s directive, Mr