AIADMK to sack 6 office bearers who supported Dhinakaran in by-poll

According to sources, the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by top party office-bearers O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami

The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Monday decided to sack six office-bearers supporting sidelined party leader T T V Dhinakaran, a day after he won the RK Nagar bypoll here with a thumping margin of 40,000 votes.

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by top party office-bearers O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, AIADMK sources said.

The party decided to remove, among others, key Dhinakaran aides P Vetrivel and Thangatamilselvan, AIADMK district secretary in Chennai and Theni respectively, the sources said.

Though AIADMK supporters are divided between Dhinakaran and the Palaniswami-led camps, many office-bearers from the rival group hold party posts.

In a jolt to the ruling dispensation, Dhinakaran defeated its candidate E Madhusudhanan by 40,707 votes in the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll.

The votes were counted yesterday.