Chennai, Sept. 6 -- All is not well with the NDA in Tamil Nadu as the turmoil in the AIADMK, which is heading the alliance, has deepened. Cracking the whip, AIADMK general secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), today axed veteran leader and ex-minister KA Sengottaiyan from key party posts a day after he issued an ultimatum to initiate talks for the homecoming of expelled leaders.
Considering the 10-day ultimatum as a gauntlet thrown at him, challenging his authority and leadership, EPS relieved Sengottaiyan from the posts of AIADMK Organising Secretary and District Secretary Erode (Rural).
A host of party functionaries in Erode district, who are Sengottaiyan loyalists, have also been removed from their posts, ap...