Former AIADMK Minister C. Vijayabaskar hands over party office keys to new district secretary in Pudukkottai

Former AIADMK Minister and MLA C. Vijayabaskar has handed implicit the keys of the party’s territory bureau successful Pudukottai to recently appointed Pudukottai North territory caput V. Palanivel.

Following disciplinary enactment initiated by AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami against those allegedly acting against the enactment leadership’s decisions, enactment posts held by respective functionaries and legislators were revoked. Consequently, Mr. Vijayabaskar was removed from the posts of Pudukkottai North territory caput and State organising secretary. Mr. Palanivel was subsequently appointed territory secretary.

Mr. Vijayabaskar’s supporters had allegedly prevented Mr. Palanivel and his supporters from entering the territory enactment bureau successful Ashok Nagar successful Pudukottai. Acting connected complaints from some factions, Pudukottai Revenue Divisional Officer Prakash conducted an enquiry connected Tuesday. While representatives of Mr. Palanivel attended the inquiry, nary from Mr. Vijayabaskar’s broadside appeared.

Following the inquiry, the RDO directed that the territory bureau beryllium handed implicit to Mr. Palanivel and provided a transcript of the bid to his protagonist Nevalinathan. However, sources said the bureau cardinal had already been handed implicit to Mr. Palanivel by Mr. Vijayabaskar’s campy precocious connected Tuesday night.

Subsequently, Mr. Palanivel, accompanied by his supporters, opened the territory bureau and commenced enactment activities. Supporters reportedly raised slogans and removed banners carrying photographs of Mr. Vijayabaskar from wrong the office. Former MLAs Nedunchezhian and Rajanayagam participated successful the event.

Meanwhile, Mr. Vijayabaskar convened a abstracted gathering of enactment functionaries astatine his campy bureau successful Periyar Nagar, Pudukottai, connected Wednesday, his archetypal specified enactment aft the elections. A ample fig of AIADMK cadres gathered astatine the venue.

Political speculation had intensified successful caller weeks implicit Mr. Vijayabaskar’s aboriginal successful the party, amid reports of his dissatisfaction with the AIADMK leadership. He was besides said to person discussed with supporters whether to proceed successful the AIADMK, displacement to different party, oregon discontinue from politics.

Addressing media persons aft the meeting, Mr. Vijayabaskar said, “The radical of Pudukottai and enactment functionaries volition ever stay affectionate towards me. There is nary different quality isolated from this. I person handed implicit the enactment bureau cardinal magnanimously.”