Two Former Ministers of DMK, PMK join AIADMK Thursday June 27,2013

DMK’s Parithi Ilamvazhuthi and E. Ponnusamy, who had quit the PMK a few months ago protesting party founder Dr S. Ramadoss’s strident stand against SC/ST communities on certain issues, joined the AIADMK in the presence of party supremo and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa

Parithi Ilamvazhuthi ,a former Minister and popular face in the DMK prior to his quitting the Karunanidhi-led party after its May 2011 poll debacle, had faced a vigilance probe after the AIADMK assumed power. He had lost the elections to the DMDK candidate from Egmore constituency

E. Ponnusamy,a senior leader of PMK was a former Minister of State and had been elected from Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency twice. Ponnusamy was seen as the ‘Dalit Face’ of the party.Recently, Ramadoss had taken a strong stand against Dalits and had even been campaigning against inter-caste marriages involving the two communities. Ponnusamy had walked out of the party protesting this