DMK men
demand removal of Jolarpet candidate
VELLORE: Ignoring party leader M Karunanidhi’s plea
not to oppose the party’s decision but to work for its victory in the May 16
election, the dissenting party functionaries in Vellore district are up in arms
against party candidate for Jolarpet constituency. The party men on Friday staged a protest and
one of them attempted to commit suicide to express their displeasure over the
selection of the candidate.
The party
has fielded Vellore (West) party women wing secretary Kavitha Dhandapani for
Jolarpet constituency. She faced a stiff
opposition from a section of the party cadres, who were in no mood to heed to
their leader’s plea.
Nearly 150
party men, all believed to the supporters of former DMK MLA of Natrampalli N K
R Sooriyakumar, have staged protest demanding to replace Kavitha Dhandapani, in
Natrampalli bus stand.
After
staging a protest for nearly 30 minutes, they moved to Vaniyambadi party office
to register their protest. A group of around 100 party men from Jolarpet have
also joined them. The dissenting cadres
reached the party office in Vaniyambadi New Town and raised slogan against
Principal Secretary Durai Murugan and party Vellore (West) district secretary
Devaraj
Tension
flared up in the party office when a party man – Kandasamy of Natrampalli – has
doused himself with kerosene and attempted to immolate. However, the police
acted swiftly and thwarted his suicide bid.
The party
functionaries said that Kavitha Dhandapani was not familiar among the party
cadres in the constituency. She was
hailing from Kumberi village in Tirupattur and she has no connection with
Jolarpet constituency.
Sources claimed that former MLA N K R Sooriyakumar
had instigated his supporters to protest against the woman candidature.
On
Thursday, over 500 cadres, all supporters of Anaicut (West) Union Secretary M
Babu, protested in Vellore party office. A section of them had beaten up party
nominee Nandhakumar for Anaicut constituency. They demanded that he be replaced
with Babu.
Downplaying
the protests in Vellore district, Durai Murugan told TOI, “It is very among
political parties in the State. It will settle down within a day or two.”/eom/shan/
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