Chennai: In a decisive move that underscores a zero-tolerance policy towards dissent, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) has expelled senior leader and former minister K.A. Sengottaiyan from the party’s primary membership. The action comes just a day after Sengottaiyan was seen publicly with expelled leaders O. Panneerselvam (OPS) and T.T.V. Dhinakaran at a festival in Pasumpon, where he reiterated his call for party unity and the reinstatement of sidelined figures.

The expulsion of a leader who has been with the party since the era of its founder, M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), is seen as a stern warning not only to internal dissenters but also to the BJP, which has previously suggested a reunification of AIADMK’s fractured factions. EPS has consistently resisted such exte

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