Former DMK MP KP Ramalingam joins BJP
Chennai: Former DMK MP, Ok P Ramalingam joined the BJP on Saturday (November 21) and he mentioned he would attempt to persuade the expelled Dravidian celebration chief M Ok Alagiri to affix the saffron celebration.
Ramalingam joined the BJP within the presence of nationwide normal secretary and Tamil Nadu in-charge, C T Ravi and Tamil Nadu unit president L Murugan on the celebration 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 call must be taken solely by him.
Ramalingam was suspended from the DMK early this 12 months for ‘violation’ of celebration self-discipline by expressing a view in opposition to the celebration’s demand for an all-party assembly to debate the coronavirus pandemic. He was additionally relieved from his celebration submit of secretary of agriculture wing.
Welcoming him to the celebration 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 celebration, 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 previous Ramalingam, a staunch Alagiri loyalist, stood with the latter when a quiet battle unfolded to succeed Karunanidhi within the DMK to the highest submit of celebration chief, years in the past.
The late patriarch, nonetheless, had given ample indications through the years, that his selection and that of the celebration could be Stalin who ultimately turned the celebration president following the dying of Karunanidhi in 2018. Alagiri, who was expelled in 2014, couldn’t return to the celebration since then.
Ramalingam was amongst over 30 celebration leaders who had been suspended following the celebration’s rout within the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the previous MP had then dubbed the celebration choice as autocratic and had later alleged witch-hunting.
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In 2015, the celebration 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 celebration 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 neighborhood, which holds sway within the western area of Tamil Nadu.
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