A press release issued by the DMK headquarters said Alagiri, south zone organizing secretary of the party, and his followers had been indulging in anti-party activities.
“Alagiri and few others have been suspended from the party,” said the release issued by party general secretary K Anbazhagan.
It said when there was an organizational setup to address grievances of party men, a few party men in Madurai were involved in anti-party activities like putting up posters and giving interviews to disrupt possible alliance talks.
“It is wrong supporting such people and taking up their cause and directing them not to work for the party. So, we have taken action against those indulging in anti-party activities.
Alagiri should not continue in the party. So he has been suspended. Cadres should heed to the party leadership,” the release added.
Several senior leaders, including Alagiri’s younger brother and DMK heir-apparent M K Stalin, met party chief M Karunanidhi at his Gopalapuram residence in Chennai for quick discussions before the suspension order was released.
The move comes in the wake of the DMK suspending five more of his supporters on Thursday night.
Source said Alagiri, who returned from Honk Kong late Thursday night, met his father and party chief, M Karunanidhi, on Friday morning at the latter’s Gopalapuram residence and vented his anger over the suspension of five more of his supporters.
The feud in the party intensified last week with the high command ordering suspension of five loyalists of Alagiri over recurring instances of ‘mischievous posters’ in Madurai. Two of them, P M Mannan and S Ezhilmannan, are the party’s executive and general council members.
Earlier, Alagiri gave an interview to a Tamil television channel belittling DMDK chief Vijayakanth. Alagiri said the actor lacked political decorum and that the DMK could win without an alliance with the DMDK.
