PMK’s exit not a loss to AIADMK: Jayakumar
The Hindu
Special CorrespondentCHENNAI
The AIADMK’s organisation secretary and former Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar on Wednesday said the departure of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) from its alliance did not mean “any loss” to his party.
“The loss is theirs [PMK]” Mr Jayakumar told journalists after taking part in an event to mark the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai here.
Answering questions on reported observations of the PMK founder S. Ramadoss that the AIADMK did not “honour the alliance dharma” and did not have a “proper leadership,” Mr Jayakumar said the PMK had “authority” to decide on continuing its alliance with the AIADMK but “we [AIADMK] cannot accept any criticism levelled against our leadership. If this situation continues, we may also have to criticise them [PMK]. We do not know under whose compulsion they have taken the decision,” the former Minister quipped.
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