
‘Slighted’ by Minister, former MLA to support Congress candidate
The Hindu
Ponnupandi says Rajenthra Bhalaji is ignoring experienced party functionaries
Former Communist Party of India MLA V. Ponnupandi, who joined AIADMK in 2016, has decided to support the Congress candidate for Srivilliputtur Assembly constituency, P.S.W. Madhava Rao, as he was neglected by the party’s Virudhunagar West district unit secretary K.T. Rajenthra Bhalaji. Mr. Ponnupandi, who represented Srivilliputtur Assembly constituency between 2011-2016, complained that not only him, but also several former MLAs of the AIADMK have been ignored by the district secretary.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












