Jaya asks Velusamy to resign as Mayor of Coimbatore Corporation

She replaced him with his Coimbatore suburban counterpart and Municipal Administration Minister, S P Velumani

Press Trust of India Chennai/Coimbatore
Last Updated : May 28 2014 | 3:32 PM IST
Continuing with the post- election reshuffle in her party, AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today removed senior leader S M Velusamy from a key party post, prompting him to submit his resignation as Mayor of Coimbatore Corporation.

Jayalalithaa announced in a statement here that Velusamy, a former Minister, was being removed as AIADMK's Coimbatore Urban District Secretary and replaced him with his Coimbatore suburban counterpart and Municipal Administration Minister, S P Velumani.

Velumani will handle party affairs till an appointment is made to the post of Urban District Secretary, she said.

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The AIADMK general secretary however did not divulge the reasons for Velusamy's removal from the key post.

Meanwhile, Velusamy handed over his resignation letter to Corporation Commissioner G Latha, official sources said.
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First Published: May 28 2014 | 3:20 PM IST

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