Jun 06, 2025 08:04 AM IST

After Anbumani left, RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy and sidelined AIADMK chief and former Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy met senior Ramadoss

Amid the continuing feud in Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK, ally of NDA) between father and son, MP Anbumani Ramadoss met his father and get together founder S Ramadoss at their ancestral residence on Thursday however no truce appears to have been known as. However, after Anbumani left, RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy and sidelined AIADMK chief and former Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy met senior Ramadoss.

Amid the continuing feud in PMK between father and son, MP Anbumani Ramadoss met his father and get together founder S Ramadoss at their ancestral residence on Thursday (file picture)

“I came to meet my friend. I did not come on behalf of the BJP,” Gurumurthy with Duraisamy subsequent to him advised reporters outdoors Ramadoss’ residence (in Villupuram district). When requested what transpired on the assembly that went on for 3 hours and why they went in after Anbumani left, Gurumurthy mentioned, “We are friends. We had a lot to talk about. I didn’t even know that Anbumani had come here.” However, Anbumani didn’t communicate to reporters after his assembly.

The conferences come amid studies that Union residence minister Amit Shah is ready to go to Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on June 8.

PMK is an influential get together in Tamil Nadu with a 5% core vote financial institution from the Vanniyar group. Over the many years, PMK has swung between the DMK and AIADMK.

On May 29, senior Ramadoss advised reporters that he regretted making Anbumani a Union minister (within the UPA-I authorities) when he was solely 35-year-old. He additionally mentioned that although he needed to align with the AIADMK, Anbumani and his spouse satisfied him to stick with the BJP.

To be clear, Ramadoss was solely confirming on file what has been identified off the file ever because the AIADMK left the BJP in 2023 earlier than patching up this April. After the cut up, these within the NDA together with PMK stayed with the BJP with solely the DMDK (Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam) taking the AIADMK’s facet.

According to Ramadoss, the PMK and AIADMK are pure allies and mentioned that they might have received 10 seats collectively within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls which was swept by the ruling DMK-led coalition. His opinion on the alliance doesn’t make a lot of a distinction with the AIADMK and BJP having patched up.

On April 11, the 85-year-old patriarch took over the get together from his son and successor Anbumani. The father made himself president of the PMK as soon as once more and introduced that Anbumani can be its working president on the day Union residence minister Amit Shah arrived in Chennai.

On the next day, Shah introduced that the BJP and AIADMK have patched up after 19 months and can struggle the 2026 elections collectively. “He (Ramadoss) wants Anbumani to remain the working president and abide by his decisions,” the PMK chief quoted above mentioned.

Anbumani then challenged his father asserting that he continues to be the get together chief since he was elected by PMK’s common council. Anbumani’s Rajya Sabha tenure ends in July and his seat is among the many six seats in Tamil Nadu for which biennial elections will likely be held.

Senior Ramadoss accused his son of threatening PMK officer bearers towards attending his assembly through which solely 13 out of 220 get together workplace bearers turned up on May 16.

Ramadoss and Anbumani have been sparring publicly since December 2024. Anbumani had objected to Ramadoss’ resolution to nominate his nephew, P Mukundan because the youth wing chief of PMK.