Dhinakaran to resume party work, begin state-wide tour to 'unite' factions

Chennai: Sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Deputy General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran on Tuesday said he would resume party work from August 4 after a two-months hiatus and embark on a state-wide tour to facilitate efforts for merger of factions.

"Strengthening the party also means bringing together those who had walked apart," he said in an apparent reference to factions led by former Chief Minister O



Panneerselvam and Chief Minister K Palanisamy.

Stating that he was "no competition" to any one in the party, Dhinakaran said he did not feel that he was being 'sidelined', asserting he will do his 'duty' for the party.

His announcement on resuming party work assumes significance as the Palanisamy camp had earlier decided to keep him, and jailed party chief and his aunt VK Sasikala,

away from the party affairs and government.