Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran demanded that President Ram Nath Kovind intervene in Tamil Nadu as an "extraordinary situation" is prevailing in the state.
Dhinakaran, who is involved in a power tussle with Chief Minister K Palaniswami, met the MLAs loyal to him.
“The President (Ram Nath Kovind) and Governor should intervene in this extraordinary situation. We will wait for two more days and then decide next course of action,” the party’s deputy general secretary said.
The DMK, Congress and Left parties had met Kovind on August 31, demanding a floor test for the incumbent Palaniswami government in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
MLAs from the Dhinakaran camp told Governor Vidyasagar Rao on August 22 that they had lost confidence in Palaniswami and had sought his removal as chief minister.
Dhinakaran said both Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam had "betrayed" AIADMK and people of the state.
“A chief minister appointed by us has betrayed people and the party by joining hands with Panneerselvam who had earlier betrayed the party,” he alleged. “How can a man who has betrayed a party that made him chief minister serve the people,” he said while referring to his camp’s demand for the removal of Palaniswami.
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