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Chidambaram expelled from TMC

Less than 24 hours after former Union finance Minister and Tamil Maanila Congress leader P Chidambaram shared a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam platform exhorting people to defeat the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance, he and two sitting MLAs and a party functionary, were expelled from TMC for anti-party activities, on Sunday.

TMC disciplinary action committee chairman A R Marimuthu, told reporters at the party headquarters in Madras that the committee proposed to issue show cause notice to two other TMC leaders - Dhanapal and Vallalperumal - for supporting Chidambaram and joining the TMC Democratic Forum, floated by him in protest against the TMC's decision to strike an electoral pact with the AIADMK.

Announcing the DAC's decision, Marimurthu said the committee had on March 31, unanimously decided to expel Chidambaram, two sitting MLAs B Ranganathan and D Sundaram and Sivaganga district president Kasilingam, but was delaying implementing it in the hope that the four would have a 'change of heart'.

He said the committee had on Saturday decided that no 'useful purpose' would be served in further delaying the decision after Chidambaram and Ranganathan shared a DMK platform and exhorted people to vote against the AIADMK-alliance.

All the four expelled leaders had been prohibited from using the party name, flag and symbol, he added.

Marimuthu said the TMC executive committee and district office bearers meeting on March 21, had unanimously asked the party president G K Moopanar to take action against Chidambaram and the others, after which it was referred to the DAC.

He said the main charge against Chidambaram was that being a member of the party's election committee, Chidambaram had not participated in its meeting but used the media to criticise the election committee.

Chidambaram also came down on party's decision to have an electoral pact with AIADMK, he said adding that Chidambaram had then met DMK chief M Karunanidhi and obtained seats for some of his friends to contest the May 10 assembly polls.

Marimuthu said after the study of the replies sent by Chidambaram and the others for the show cause notice issued to them, it was found all charges against them was proved beyond doubt.

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