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Kalaipuli Dhanu quits MDMK
In a jolt to MDMK ahead of the
Tamil Nadu Assembly polls due next year, senior
leader and film producer S Dhanu today quit the
party citing party chief Vaiko’s
“high-handedness” and “lack of democracy“. “Its
not just me who is upset but most party workers
who were inspired by your fiery speeches (and
joined the party),” Mr. Dhanu, producer of Tamil
films such as Kamal Hassan—starrer ’Aalavanthan’
and ‘Kaakha Kaakha,’ said in a four-page letter
to Mr. Vaiko. Mr. Dhanu joins a list of other
senior leaders, such as L Ganesan, M Kannappan
and N Ramakrishnan, who had earlier quit the
party. He alleged that Mr. Vaiko neither
respected senior leaders nor “true party
workers” and charged him with taking decisions
that “smacked of high-handedness.” Reports in a
section of media had claimed that he did not
invite Mr. Vaiko for his son’s wedding but
extended invitations to DMK President and Chief
Minister M Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief
Jayalalithaa, with whom MDMK has aligned.
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Mr. Dhanu claimed that though he
had intended to invite Mr. Vaiko first and then
the others, the MDMK supremo had never responded
to his calls on telephone and mobile. He had
invited the leaders for the wedding of his
children at different times but Mr. Vaiko had no
problems with it then, Mr. Dhanu said. As the
member of the party’s Parliamentary board, he
had opposed the candidature of a person during
last year’s Lok Sabha polls saying he was not a
worthy candidate. But Mr. Vaiko had told the
very person (about his views) whose candidature
he had opposed, Mr. Dhanu said, adding that he
was quitting from all posts of the party.
