G K Vasan repeats what his father did to Congress

CHENNAI: History repeated itself for Congress in Tamil Nadu today when its senior leader G K Vasan broke away from the party to float a new outfit, an action his father G K Moopanar resorted to 18 RPT 18 years ago.

Sulking over the Congress decision to forge electoral truck with AIADMK, Moopanar, a veteran and influential leader of Congress, came out of the party and floated the Tamil Manila Congress ( TMC) in 1996.

However, after his death, TMC merged with Congress in 2002.

Vasan, who spent 14 years in Congress, today announced that he would float a new party in Tamil Nadu to bring back the "Kamaraj rule", another revered leader of the state.

"We want to ensure Kamaraj rule in Tamil Nadu", Vasan said.