RK Nagar bypolls effect: AIADMK removes several leaders from party posts
By ANI | Published: 25th December 2017 02:21 PM |
Last Updated: 25th December 2017 04:05 PM | A+A A- |
Sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran after winning the RK Nagar constituency bypoll in Chennai on Sunday. | PTI
CHENNAI: Several AIAMDK leaders including S. Vetrivel, Thanga Tamil Selvan, Rangaswamy, Muththaiya, V.P. Kalairajan, Sholinghur Parthiban have been removed from party positions on Monday.
The decision was taken in a high level committee meeting to discuss party's performance in R K Nagar bypoll.
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday won the RK Nagar by-polls by a margin of 40,707 votes.
The key candidates in the fray beside Dhinakaran were AIADMK's E Madhusudhanan, DMK candidate N Maruthu Ganesh and BJP's Karu Nagarajan.
Dhinakaran got 89,013 votes while Madhusudhanan secured 48,306 votes. Ganesh got 24,651 votes, while Nagarajan amassed 1417 votes.
#FLASH S. Vetrivel, Thanga Tamil Selvan, Rangaswamy, Muththaiya, V.P. Kalairajan, Sholinghur Parthiban removed from party positions in AIADMK; decision taken in a high level committee meeting to discuss party's performance in #RKNagarByPoll
— ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2017
The RK Nagar constituency went to polls on December 21, necessitated by the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year.
The election was earlier scheduled on April 12, but was cancelled following an alleged vote-for-cash scam.
