Merger talks panel wasn’t doing anything towards development says former Tamil CMMerger talks panel wasn’t doing anything towards development says former Tamil CM

Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday said the panel appointed for merger talks was not doing anything towards development and that’s why the decision was taken to dissolve it.

“After the committee has been dismantled there is no possibility for talks. Even after committee was formed they were only creating drama, nothing towards the development of the state. My next step is to bring the parties together,” Panneerselvam told the reporters here.

Panneerselvam has dissolved the seven-member panel that he had formed for holding merger talks between two rival AIADMK groups, ending any hope of immediate unity within the party.