The AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday (June 1, 2026) urged his party members not to carry out “undesirable and depressing” acts in the wake of the organisation’s defeat in the Assembly election. 

In a post on his social media handle, Mr Palaniswami described his party as a “massive movement” that had accomplished “several achievements, overcoming challenges.”  

He stated this against the backdrop of the death of joint secretary of traders’ wing in the party’s Thanjavur (East) district unit K.S. Mahendran.  

Mr Palaniswami announced the payment of solatium of ₹ 55 lakh to the family of the deceased. The amount included ₹ 25 lakh from the Thanjavur (east) unit of the party and ₹ 30 lakh from the organisation’s family benefit fund. He also stated that the party would bear educational expenses of Mahendran’s daughter up to higher education.  

A post by the secretary of the AIADMK’s information technology (IT) wing, Raj Satyen, on Monday, calling upon apparently senior members of the party to make way to youngsters in the organisation, was later found missing.  The IT secretary made the post, citing the death of Mahendran.  

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