O P Ravindranath Is No Longer AIADMK MP: Palaniswami Tells Lok Sabha Speaker

The former Chief Minister (Palaniswami) sent the letter on Wednesday to inform the developments in the AIADMK as he had done to inform the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker recently.

OP Ravindranath Kumar

Chennai: OP Ravindranath Kumar, who was expelled from the party, is longer with the AIADMK, the party’s interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami informed the Lok Sabha Speaker. EPS also said that OP Ravindranath should not be considered as one representing the party anymore.

After deciding to take up the expulsion with the Lok Sabha Speaker, Palaniswami wrote a letter on Wednesday asking Om Birla not to consider Ravindranath as AIADMK MP anymore, a senior leader said on Thursday.

The former Chief Minister (Palaniswami) sent the letter on Wednesday to inform the developments in the AIADMK as he had done to inform the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker recently, he said.

Immediately after his election as the interim general secretary of the party on July 11, Palaniswami expelled his rival and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.

On July 14, EPS expelled 18 members from AIADMK including the sons of OPS and the supporters of Theni MLA. Along with OP Ravindranth, VP Jayapradeep, another son of OPS was also removed from the primary membership of the party. In a statement, EPS said that the members are expelled since they acted contradictory to the goals and policies of the party.

Meanwhile, EPS also removed OPS as the deputy leader of the legislature party and replaced him with RB Udhayakumar. Manoj Pandian, another supporter of OPS who was the deputy secretary of legislature party, was also replaced with 'Agri' SS Krishnamurthy.

(With PTI inputs)