MDMK secretary joins ruling DMK

Tuesday, July 18, 2006, 11:34 [IST]

Chennai, July 18: Organising secretary of Marumalarchi DMK and former MLA Pota P S Manian has resigned from the party and joined the ruling DMK.

Mr Manian, who was also the MDMK Madurai Moffusil District Presidium chairman, detained under POTA and lodged at Vellore prison along with party General Secretary Vaiko for nearly 19 months, met the DMK President and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi yesterday at the Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters here and joined the DMK party, a party release said today.

Several other functionaries, including women wing cadres of AIADMK and MDMK party units of Thousand Lights, Triplicane, T.Nagar and other areas of the city resigned from their parties and joined the ruling DMK, the release added.

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