Chennai, Mar 7 (BPNS)
A day after resigning from the primary membership of the BJP, former IT cell state secretary of the party, Dilip Kannan joined the AIADMK. He was following the foot steps of CTR Nirmal Kumar, former TN BJP IT cell state president who had quit the party and joined AIADMK a couple of days ago.
Along with Dilip Kannan ,party OBC wing state secretary, Ammu alias Jothi, former intellectual wing state secretary, SV Krishnan, Deputy secretary of Tiruchi Urban district, D. Vijay joined AIADMK. These leaders joined the AIADMK in the presence of former Chief Minister and AIADMK interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS).
Both Dilip Kannan and CTR Nirmal Kumar who had resigned from the party on Monday and Sunday respectively. The duo have charged the BJP Tamil Nadu state president, K. Annamalai stating that the former IPS officer turned politician does not have any ethics. They also charged that Annamalai was ill treating the party cadres.
Dilip Kannan and CTR Nirmal Kumar said that party functionaries and cadres were demoralized in Tamil Nadu due to the immature attitude of party state president, K. Annamalai. They said that they have decided to quit the party as their sustained efforts to work for the development of the party hit a roadblock due to the attitude of the state president.
It may be noted that actor-turned-politician Gayatri Raghuram quit the BJP a few months ago leveling allegations against Annamalai. BJP Tamil Nadu state OBC morcha leader Tiruchi Suriya has also quit the party. Suriya is the son of DMK leader and Member of Parliament, Tiruchi Siva.
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