Coimbatore: Sidelined for a long time in AIADMK, former mayor of Coimbatore Corporation Ganapathy P Rajkumar switched camp to DMK on Monday.
Rajkumar who was also AIADMK's former urban district secretary joined DMK in the presence of party president M K Stalin, general secretary Duraimurugan and Singanallur MLA N Karthik at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai.
“I had served in AIADMK for close to three decades. But I was forced to take the decision to leave the party because loyal functionaries like me are being sidelined,’’ Rajkumar told reporters. Rajkumar said that he chose DMK because that was the only party dedicated to serving people now.
Ganapathy Rajkumar, who was a councillor in Coimbatore corporation saw a steady rise in the ranks of the party.
Rajkumar, a journalism graduate, did his PhD thesis on late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. It was his educational qualifications and active functioning as a councillor that caught the attention of Jayalalithaa.