Chandrakumar group set to join hands with DMK
Vijayakanth dismissed all the 10 rebel functionaries within hours.
Chennai: Makkal DMDK, a breakaway DMDK group, led by former propaganda secretary V.C. Chandrakumar is all set to merge with DMK and a formal decision in this regard would be taken at the party’s consultation meeting to be held here on Monday.
The supporters of rebel group including two former MLAs S.R. Parthiban and C.H. Sekar, would formally announce their decision of merger on Monday.
The trio led a rebellion against Vijayakanth’s decision to align with People’s Welfare Alliance overriding the popular wish of the party men to join the DMK alliance. Vijayakanth, however, dismissed all the 10 rebel functionaries within hours.
“We will consult all our supporters and formally announce the decision of merger,” said a senior Makkal DMDK leader. Interestingly, the trio had unsuccessfully contested from their sitting Erode East, Mettur and Gummidipoondi on DMK ticket.
Meanwhile, an anonymous letter which surfaced just on the eve of the meeting, claiming to have been written by the 14 DMDK district secretaries loyal to Vijayakanth questioning ‘Captain’ for his choice of alliance and certain financial issues cause a minor ripple in the DMDK circle.
However, with denial, coming from both DMDK district secretaries concerned as well as Chandrakumar, of their involvement, the letter ‘bomb’ turned out to be a false alarm.