Former DMK MP, K P Ramalingam joins BJP
Chennai: Former DMK MP, Okay P Ramalingam joined the BJP on Saturday (November 21) and he mentioned he would attempt to persuade the expelled Dravidian social gathering chief M Okay Alagiri to affix the saffron social gathering.
Ramalingam joined the BJP within the presence of nationwide basic secretary and Tamil Nadu in-charge, C T Ravi and Tamil Nadu unit president L Murugan on the social gathering workplace right here forward of the go to of senior chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the metropolis.
The former MP of each Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha mentioned he would attempt to persuade Alagiri, whom he supported to the hilt whereas within the DMK to affix the BJP including nonetheless a choice must be taken solely by him.
Ramalingam was suspended from the DMK early this 12 months for ‘violation’ of social gathering self-discipline by expressing a view towards the social gathering’s demand for an all-party assembly to debate the coronavirus pandemic. He was additionally relieved from his social gathering put up of secretary of agriculture wing.
Welcoming him to the social gathering fold, Ravi mentioned on his Twitter deal with, “It is a great sign that former DMK MP Thiru Dr K P Ramalingam has joined @BJP4TamilNadu on the day Union Home Minister Sri @AmitShah is visiting Chennai. This will not only weaken DMK and its base but further strengthen BJP across the State.”
Expressing confidence that Ramalingam’s entry would strengthen his social gathering, the senior chief, prolonged a heat welcome to him. Tamil Nadu senior leaders together with Pon Radhakrishnan, C P Radhakrishnan and H Raja had been current.
The 66-year outdated Ramalingam, a staunch Alagiri loyalist, stood with the latter when a quiet battle unfolded to succeed Karunanidhi within the DMK to the highest put up of social gathering chief, years in the past.
The late patriarch, nonetheless, had given ample indications through the years, that his selection and that of the social gathering can be Stalin who ultimately grew to become the social gathering president following the dying of Karunanidhi in 2018. Alagiri, who was expelled in 2014, couldn’t return to the social gathering since then.
Ramalingam was amongst over 30 social gathering leaders who had been suspended following the social gathering’s rout within the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the previous MP had then dubbed the social gathering choice as autocratic and had later alleged witch-hunting.
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In 2015, the social gathering made him state secretary of the farmer’s wing although he had confronted disciplinary motion earlier. Ramalingam was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha (1996-97) from Tiruchengode on a DMK ticket and the social gathering additionally despatched him to the Rajya Sabha (2010-16). Before he joined the DMK, he was with the AIADMK and was elected from Rasipuram constituency within the 1980 and 1984 Assembly elections.
Following the dying of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran in 1987 he threw his weight behind Janaki Ammal, the spouse of the late Chief Minister.
A veterinary physician and agriculturist, he hails from Salem district and belongs to the Gounder group, which holds sway within the western area of Tamil Nadu.
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