Overview
- Panneerselvam formally entered the DMK in Chennai on February 27 alongside his son P. Ravindhranath Kumar and several supporters.
- He praised Chief Minister M. K. Stalin’s governance, attacked AIADMK leader E. K. Palaniswami as autocratic, and said he would work as an ordinary party cadre.
- PTI reported that OPS and ally P. Ayyappan submitted letters resigning their MLA posts at the Assembly Secretariat after the induction.
- DMK leaders have indicated he may be fielded for an assembly seat, with Bodinayakkanur discussed, though no allocation has been finalized.
- AIADMK dismissed the switch and questioned OPS’s credibility, while critics like V. K. Sasikala and T. T. V. Dhinakaran objected to his stance as observers weighed potential effects in Thevar/Mukkulathor strongholds in the south.