This story is from December 22, 2020
Ex-AIADMK mayor of city corporation joins DMK
Coimbatore: Sidelined for a long time in AIADMK, former mayor of Coimbatore Corporation Ganapathy P Rajkumar switched camp to DMK on Monday.
“I had served in AIADMK for close to three decades. But I was forced to take the decision to leave the party because loyal functionaries like me are being sidelined,’’ Rajkumar told reporters. Rajkumar said that he chose DMK because that was the only party dedicated to serving people now.
Ganapathy Rajkumar, who was a councillor in Coimbatore corporation saw a steady rise in the ranks of the party.
Rajkumar, a journalism graduate, did his PhD thesis on late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. It was his educational qualifications and active functioning as a councillor that caught the attention of Jayalalithaa.
“I had served in AIADMK for close to three decades. But I was forced to take the decision to leave the party because loyal functionaries like me are being sidelined,’’ Rajkumar told reporters. Rajkumar said that he chose DMK because that was the only party dedicated to serving people now.
Ganapathy Rajkumar, who was a councillor in Coimbatore corporation saw a steady rise in the ranks of the party.
Rajkumar, a journalism graduate, did his PhD thesis on late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. It was his educational qualifications and active functioning as a councillor that caught the attention of Jayalalithaa.
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Karthik Parameswaran
1477 days ago
Only self-seekers did, do, and will always join these two jingoist parties. Right-minded Tamils (pathetically in a minority) have only a monumental contempt for these parties and their founders.Read allPost comment
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