The AIADMK, which held its general council last week, ahead of the Lok Sabha election, is making every effort to keep the party machinery well-prepared to face the situation in the coming months.
On Wednesday, the party’s general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, chaired a meeting of office-bearers of the Information Technology (IT) wing. He told his colleagues that he would personally monitor the functioning of the IT wing, given that about 1.35 lakh members of the wing had been posted to over 67,600 polling booths – which was the figure during the pre-COVID-19 period – at a rate of two per booth. As the number of party districts has gone up over the years (currently 82), 12 zones have been formed to oversee the functioning of the IT wing at the field level. Besides, “Mr. Palaniswami has set quantified deliverables to the party district secretaries as part of preparations for the Lok Sabha poll,” an office-bearer said.
On Wednesday evening, the party announced that a meeting of the district secretaries would be held on January 9, under the chairmanship of Mr. Palaniswami.
