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AIADMK continues crackdown on TTV Dhinakaran supporters, sacks over 130 workers for bringing 'disrepute' to party

Press Trust of India • December 29, 2017, 16:47:41 IST
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The ruling AIADMK continued its crackdown on the rebel TTV Dhinakaran camp by sacking more than 130 functionaries on Friday for bringing “disrepute” to the party.

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AIADMK continues crackdown on TTV Dhinakaran supporters, sacks over 130 workers for bringing 'disrepute' to party

Chennai: The ruling AIADMK continued its crackdown on the rebel TTV Dhinakaran (also sometimes spelled as Dinakaran) camp by sacking more than 130 functionaries on Friday for bringing “disrepute” to the party. Party coordinator O Panneerselvam and co-coordinator K Palaniswamy announced “removing” 132 persons from the party’s district units of Tirupur, Pudukottai and Dharmapuri. A total of 132 functionaries were sacked from the party. [caption id=“attachment_4274681” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran after winning the RK Nagar constituency bypoll. PTI Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran after winning the RK Nagar constituency bypoll. PTI[/caption] Tirupur topped the list with 65 being expelled. The two leaders said in a statement that 49 persons from Pudukottai and 18 from Dharmapuri units were also being removed as they went against the party’s principles and brought “disrepute” to the AIADMK. “Party workers are requested not to have any truck with them,” Palaniswamy, also the chief minister, and his deputy Panneerselvam, said in a party statement. Panneerselvam and Palaniswamy “relieved” one person from his party post in Dharmapuri. Stung by the bypoll defeat, the ruling AIADMK on 25 December cracked the whip against nine party functionaries, sacking four of Dhinakaran’s aides and expelling five others. The two leaders had warned of action against those who “betrayed” the party, and had expelled 44 persons on Thursday. In a jolt to the ruling camp, Dhinakaran secured an emphatic win in the 21 December RK Nagar bypoll defeating its candidate E Madhusudhanan by a thumping margin of over 40,000 votes. The bypoll, necessitated due to the death of sitting MLA, former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, was seen as a litmus test for the 20-month-old AIADMK government. Dhinakaran, sidelined by the ruling camp a few months ago, contested as an independent candidate. He had earlier lost his battle for the party symbol ‘Two Leaves’ to the Palaniswamy-led ruling camp and contested the election on pressure-cooker symbol.

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