While care taker Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Paneerselvam said that his resignation was a forced one, the constitutional crisis araises as the resignation is accepted by the Governor and he continues as a care taker chief minister. All these are happening amidst of mudslinging between Paneer selvam and Sasikala.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has dismissed the AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala’s charge that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is behind his revolt against the party leadership and said that she has no powers to sack him as treasurer.

“She should be asked to explain the basis of her charge. I was never cordial with DMK. A look back into the history will make it clear,” he said.

“There is no relationship at all between me and the DMK. It’s only the human approach to reciprocate when some one smiles at you. That is the difference between animals and humans,” Panneerselvam said. He also stuck to his charge that he was forced to resign from the post of chief minister.

“I don’t want to go into it. I had already explained in detail at Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) memorial the circumstances under which I was forced to resign,” he said.

“This is the party’s norm. As per the party’s constitution framed by founder MG Ramachandran at the time floating the AIADMK, legal sanction for the post will come only when all primary members elect the General Secretary. Such a General Secretary alone has the powers to appoint or remove party functionaries,” he said.

On the strong attack against him by AIADMK leaders, Panneerselvam said that it was a “compulsion of time”. “They can only speak like that when they are there (with Sasikala). They are in a state of mind of retaining their office for the next four years. They should act keeping in mind that they have to go back to the people,” he said.

About the allegations by opponents levelled against, that the BJP is behind him, Pannerselvam said, “They (his opponents) don’t have any strong ground against me. They can’t level any allegation against me.”

By Premji