Won't accept EPS as CM candidate, says Dhinakaran

AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday said he cannot be part of an alliance where AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami is the chief minister candidate.

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Speaking to reporters, Dhinakaran said he had formed the AMMK to oppose Palaniswami. "How can we accept him as CM candidate. I was in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hoping the BJP would change the candidate. It is equivalent to suicide if I remain in the alliance with EPS as CM candidate," he said, adding he would be "okay if anyone other than EPS is chief minister candidate." Recalling Amit Shah's statement that an AIADMK leader would become the CM, he said "EPS adjusted himself as the CM candidate, wh