RB Udhayakumar was elected AIADMK’s deputy leader in the Assembly, EPS said. (File)Chennai: Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS), who was ousted from the AIADMK days ago, has been removed from his position of deputy floor leader in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the party announced on Tuesday.Former Minister RB Udhayakumar was unanimously elected as AIADMK’s deputy leader in the Assembly, the party’s interim general secretary, Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) said.In a party release, Mr Palaniswami said that Mr Udhayakumar, representing Tirumangalam Assembly constituency, was elected as deputy leader by the party in a meeting of its MLAs held here on July 17.Also, Agri S S Krishnamurthy, also a former minister, was elected as deputy secretary of the legislature party, he said.Mr Panneerselvam was expelled from the party on July 11 and matters connected to it are before court.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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