Chennai

After ending the dual-leadership structure in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and electing Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) as the party's interim General Secretary, AIADMK's General Council on Monday adopted a resolution to remove O Paneerselvam (OPS ) from the party's primary membership.

The development follows the Madras High Court allowing Tamil Nadu's main opposition party to hold its General Council meeting and is a setback for the party's former coordinator OPS who had petitioned the court for a stay.

The HC order was passed at 9 am on Monday and the General Council meeting led by E Palaniswami at the party office in Vanagaram, was chaired by the presiding chairman A Tamil Mahan Hussain.

The meeting passed as many as 16 resolutions, including one that squashed dual-leadership and created the post of deputy general secretary and ensured electing a person for the post by the primary members of the party. The party election will be conducted in four months.

After the demise of Jayalalithaa in 2016, the party has been following a dual-leadership formula with EPS as co-coordinator and OPS as coordinator. The clamour has been growing louder for a single leader in the party since the district secretary meeting on June 14 this year.

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Meanwhile, ahead of today's court's ruling supporters of the EPS and OPS factions clashed on the streets of Chennai.