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100 C.V. Shanmugam supporters dismissed from AIADMK by Edappadi K. Palaniswami
- •AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has issued an order dismissing over 100 supporters of C.V. Shanmugam from the party.
- •Senior party members including C.V. Shanmugam expressed dissatisfaction following the party's poor electoral performance and slide to the third position.
- •C.V. Shanmugam recently held consultations at his residence and demanded that the party General Council be convened to discuss the election failures.
- •More than 100 functionaries, including union, town, branch, and wing secretaries in the Mailam constituency, were stripped of their party posts.
- •This move follows the previous removal of C.V. Shanmugam from his positions as District Secretary and Organizational Secretary.
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Edappadi K. Palaniswami removed over 100 staunch supporters of C.V. Shanmugam from their party posts following internal dissent, as C.V. Shanmugam and other senior leaders remained unhappy with the leadership after the AIADMK slipped to the third position in elections and by-elections, subsequently holding separate consultations and demanding a General Council meeting.
More than 100 party functionaries, including union, town, branch, and wing secretaries within the Mailam constituency where C.V. Shanmugam currently serves as an MLA, were stripped of their party positions by AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Before issuing the order to dismiss over 100 of his supporters, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami had already removed C.V. Shanmugam from his key party roles as District Secretary and Organizational Secretary.
