After LS poll debacle, AIADMK MLA raises demand for 'single

AIADMK MLA V V Rajan Chellappa on Saturday strongly pitched for a single "charismatic" leadership to steer the party, saying the present arrangement of dual power centres impeded quick decisions.

The leader's remarks come in the backdrop of the party's dismal performance in Lok Sabha polls.

The AIADMK currently has two top posts of co-cordinator and coordiantor held by Chief Minister K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.

Palaniswami, when asked if there was factional fued in the AIADMK (in the backdrop of Chellappa's single leadership pitch), he said it was "disinformation," disseminated by Opposition parties and sections of the media.

"If quarrel was true, how come so many cadres are joining the AIADMK from rival outfit AMMK," the Chief Minsiter shot back. "This is unnecessary, the AIADMK is a robust party," he told reporters in Salem.

"This is a party of cadres and it is led by workers. All cadres are leaders here," he said when asked if "dual leadership" was ..