Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Friday sacked spokesperson KC Palanisamy after he urged the party to back a no-confidence motion against the Modi government if it did not take a favourable stand on Cauvery.
A statement issued here by the party’s coordinator and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator and chief minister K Palaniswami asked party members not to have any contact with Palanisamy.
According to the statement, the former MP acted in a manner bringing disrepute to the party.
Palanisamy, who was the first to oppose the election of the now jailed AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala as party General Secretary, had taken a stand slightly different from that of the party leadership over the no-trust vote introduced in the Lok Sabha by the TDP.
While the AIADMK statement was silent on the reasons for the dismissal, Palanisamy had told IANS earlier: “If the Centre refuses to set up the CMB and the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) as the Supreme Court ordered, the AIADMK may support the no-trust motion.”
Reacting to his dismissal, Palanisamy said: “I am not taking back what I had said. I fail to understand as to what is wrong in my statement.
{{/usCountry}}Reacting to his dismissal, Palanisamy said: “I am not taking back what I had said. I fail to understand as to what is wrong in my statement.
{{/usCountry}}“By my dismissal, the two leaders have proved that they are slaves to the BJP. The AIADMK is not under the control of any one or two individuals.”