Chennai, Sept. 15 -- As the 10-day ultimatum issued by veteran party leader K A Sengottaiyan (KAS) to re-inductthe ousted leaders ended today, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) stoutly and outrightly rejected it andshut the doors on re-inducting the betrayers back into the party ahead of the ensuing Assembly elections, while heaping praise onBJP for saving the AIADMK government after J Jayalalithaa's death.
In a fiery speech at a public meeting in Chennai tonight organised to mark reverred Dravidian leader C N Annadurai's 117th birthanniversary, he came down heavily on sacked leaders-- former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and TTV Dhinakaranwho later formed the AMMK and categoriclaly ruled out re-admitting them back int...