Slippers fly at Raja's car as DMK feud rages

Ooty: Angry DMK cadres tried to block former Union minister and 2G spectrum scam tainted A. Raja’s car at Kotagiri, even as a few chappals were also thrown at his vehicle on Friday.

As Mr Raja arrived at Kotagiri to address party functionaries meet, the internal feud in the Nilgiris unit of DMK hit a new high in the wake of denial of party ticket to K.Ramachandran, the incumbent MLA of Coonoor constituency, for the May 16 Assembly polls.

The cadres’ unruly behaviour came as a shock for Mr Raja, known to be close to the DMK’s first family and a former MP of Nilgiris, when disappointed party men vented their anger openly in public, and targeting him at that