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I was out of town and came to Tirupur only in the morning (Tuesday). They failed to attend AIADMK cadres meeting held at Tirupur urban district office.Sources said supporters of Shanmugam and Anandan had not seen eye to eye after they had heated arguments earlier.When contacted, Gunasekaran said, “Anandan has invited me for the event. Tirupur: The campaign of AIADMK Tirupur candidate Anandan, started on Monday, is conspicuous with absence of key party functionaries from the region.While Tirupur north MLA KN Vijayakumar and Palladam MLA A Natarajan were present in the candidate introduction event, Tirupur south MLA Gunasekaran and Tirupur urban district deputy secretary Shanmugam were absent.Sources in the party said Shanmugam and Gunasekaran were miffed as they were not invitied properly and stayed away from the event though they were in the district. I have started elections works and covered six wards in the city. Our high command has announced the candidates for the elections and we will work for the party’s victory.”Earlier, Anandan, former Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR&CE) minister, began the campaign after garlanding a statue of the party founder and late chief minister M G Ramachandran on Park Road here..