Tamil Nadu: Now, posters for EPS as CM surface in OPS' hometown

MADURAI: Days after posters surfaced in Coimbatore highlighting the achievements of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to show that he was the fittest candidate for the CM's post, fresh ones have emerged in Theni, the hometown of deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam.
The posters which were put up by Nethaji Subash Sennai (NSS), an organisation said to be working for the uplift of backward communities, also have listed out schemes implemented during this AIADMK rule.
They said EPS was the architect of these programmes and hence was fit to be CM again. Photographs of EPS have been prominently given along with those of the organisation's founder V Maharajan on one side and minister K T Rajendra Bhalaji on the other.
Many OPS supporters were irked to see the posters near the Theni bus stand on Tuesday, and some of them ripped them off.
"This is OPS's fortress and no controversy should be started here. Someone has put up the posters without our knowledge,'' said Palpandi, a cadre.
Meanwhile, the state joint secretary of NSS, S M Kumar Thevar, said they were a registered organisation working for the upliftment of downtrodden and backward communities for the past five years. "We are very impressed with EPS's functioning even during this Covid-19 crisis, so we are supporting him for CM,'' he said.