"If Amma (Jayalalithaa) would have been alive she would have supported the NDA candidate and that is what we have done (to support the NDA candidate)", he told reporters at Usilampatti, about 50 km from here today.
Panneerselvam also ruled out the possibility of the AIADMK factions merging, saying the seven-member panel constituted by his faction to hold merger talks had been dissolved.
The former chief minister said they had asked the Election Commission to hold elections for the post of AIADMK general secretary.
"We will take the next step after the EC decides on our request," he said.
Referring to DMK working President M K Stalin's statement that elections would soon be held in Tamil Nadu, he quipped "that is his view".
All three AIADMK factions, led by Chief Minister K Palaniswami, O Panneerselvam and T T V Dhinakaran had announced their support to the NDA presidential nominee last week.