DMDK sacks functionary
The Hindu
The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) high command sacked a union secretary Kannan in Periyakulam after his wife Packiam, a ward councillor, allegedly voted in favour of the DMK candidate in the indirect election held for the Chairman post.
The Periyakulam Union has 16 wards. The general elections to the rural local bodies were held in 2019 in which the DMK bagged 8 seats, AIADMK: 6, AMMK and DMDK bagged one each.
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