O. Panneerselvam, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and leader of an AIADMK faction, did a quick back-flip after tweeting about a tie-up with BJP after civic body poll results following a furore.
The tweet that forecast Puratchi Thalaivi (Amma) faction’s tie-up with BJP was deleted within half an hour. The deleted tweet said they would take a decision “on alliance with BJP once local body elections are announced.”
A Twitter account which goes by @Panneerselvam_O, and tweets updates on the former TN CM still has the tweet on the timeline. It says:
Panneerselvam later tweeted a correction removing a direct reference to the BJP. “We meant that after the announcement of Local body elections we will think about the Alliance with any political party”.
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Paneerselvam’s tweets come on the back of speculation that the faction may ally with the BJP. OPS had also met with Prime Minister Modi a day prior to the tweet-storm, and said that the two leaders “discussed various issues on the development of Tamil Nadu.”
Panneerselvam had broken away from the V.K. Sasikala-led AIADMK in February, saying that he had to make way for her to take the top spot at the party. He later led a host of senior MPs and MLAs from the party to form a faction of their own.
