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AIADMK split: Edappadi Palaniswami sacks party’s 26 district secretaries

The Hindu · May 14, 2026, 1:35 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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The district secretaries who were removed, included Natham R. Viswanathan, S.P. Velumani, C.Ve. Shanmugam, R. Kamaraj and C. Vijayabaskar. Of the ousted functionaries, 12 are currently the legislators of the party

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