Chennai, April 17 -- Days after firming up the deal in returning back to the
NDA fold, AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi
K Palaniswami has withdrawn a long-standing civil suit against his bete noire
and AMMK Founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran over the alleged misuse of the AIADMK
party flag.
Mr Dhinakaran along with another ousted leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister O Panneerselvam were already part of the NDA alliance even before
the ties were revived by the BJP with the Dravidian major for the 2026 Assembly
polls.
Mr Dhinakaran is the nephew of V K Sasikala, a close confidante of late AIADMK
leader J Jayalalithaa. Ms Sasikala who was elected as interim general secretary
of the AIADMK in the aftermath of...