Ready to contest Tiruvarur bypoll says Alagiri

Trichy | Monday | 24th September, 2018

Summary:

Tiruvarur: If my loyalists request me, I am ready to contest from Tiruvarur constituency whether it is by-election, general election or assembly election, M K Alagiri told reporters in Tiruvarur on Sunday. He also said that he had no plans of floating a new political party.Meanwhile, reacting to Alagiri’s intention to contest elections in Tiruvarur, DMK Tiruvarur district secretary K Kalaivanan said that he did not want to comment on it. He was in Tiruvarur to attend a Karunanidhi memorial function.While speaking at the meeting, Alagiri alleged that he had received information that a few people have been asking ‘higher-ups’ to not conduct the Tiruvarur by-election. “’Thalaivar (Karunanidhi) himself had expelled Alagiri from the party. This means that his so-called loyalists also do not belong to DMK in any way..