The headquarters of the opposition AIADMK here-“MGR Maaligai”- was reopened on Thursday, 10 days after it was sealed by Income authorities following violence that broke out between supporters of then rival leaders Okay Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam. Income officers eliminated the seal within the presence of police personnel and senior get together leaders owing allegiance to Palaniswami, the interim Basic Secretary of the AIADMK.
The workplace was de-sealed following the Madras Excessive Court docket order on Wednesday quashing the order of the Income Divisional Officer (RDO) sealing the AIADMK headquarters on July 11.
The get together headquarters was locked and sealed that day following clashes between two teams of the AIADMK owing allegiance to Palaniswami and ousted chief Panneerselvam.
Amid a sequence of developments on that day, the get together’s Basic Council, its highest decision-making physique, elected Palaniswami as the brand new interim normal secretary allotting with the twin management system in place and squeezed out Panneerselvam. The RDO, invoking the powers below Part 145 of CrPC amidst clashes between the 2 teams, sealed the get together headquarters.
On Wednesday, Justice Satish Kumar handed an order permitting the plea by Palaniswami, additionally a former Chief Minister, difficult the locking and sealing of the get together headquarters and directed the RDO handy over its keys to the latter.
The choose additionally directed the Royapettah police to offer satisfactory safety to the workplace situated on Avvai Shanmugam Salai right here, round the clock. No get together cadres shall be allowed contained in the workplace for one month to keep away from any untoward incident, the choose added.
In compliance with the court docket order, the get together cadres didn’t go to the headquarters at this time. The income officers below Mylapore Tahsildar eliminated the seal and lock on the entrance gates and two different locations contained in the headquarters within the presence of police and senior leaders, former minister C Ve Shanmugam and V Mahalingam. They handed over the keys to the get together supervisor.
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