DMK suspends two key party functionaries, previously expelled from AIADMK

CHENNAI: DMK today suspended two key party functionaries, both of whom had joined the party at different points of time after being expelled from the AIADMK.

Party General Secretary K Anbazhagan announced the suspension of V Karuppasamy Pandian, a powerful leader in the party's Tirunelveli West district set-up, and Tiruchendur MLA Anitha R Radhakrishnan.

The two had "violated party discipline and brought disrepute" to it, Anbazhagan said in a statement, adding, they were being suspended from all party posts, including primary membership.

Pandian had joined DMK after being expelled in 2000 by AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa; while Radhakrishnan, also thrown out of the party, joined in 2009.

Radhakrishnan is representing Tiruchendur for a successive term.