NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, NOV 21
Former DMK MP and MK Alagiri loyalist officially joins BJP in the presence of L Murugan. The newly inducted leader is expected to meet BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah later in the day.
Former DMK MP Thiru Dr K P Ramalingam joined @BJP4TamilNadu in the presence of State President Thiru @Murugan_TNBJP and Other leaders.
His entry will strengthen Our Party base.
I warmly welcome Him to Our Organization & wish the very best to serve Tamil Makkal in coming days. pic.twitter.com/MHnyuEyl09
— C T Ravi
ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CTRavi_BJP) November 21, 2020
Former DMK MP, KP Ramalingam, who was expelled from DMK, is expected to meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday during the senior BJP leader’s two-day visit to Chennai in the run-up to the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Amid speculations of MK Alagiri joining hands with the BJP to fight against the two Dravidian majors – DMK and AIADMK – in the upcoming polls, reports have suggested that KP Ramalingam, DMK’s former Farmers Wing secretary who was expelled from the party in April, has sought a meeting with Amit Shah.
KP Ramalingam’s move comes after MK Alagiri categorically stated that he had no plans of beginning a new political party in the state.
Alagiri denies rumours on floating a new party
With several speculations floating around the creation of a new party by the former union minister and late M Karunanidhi’s elder son ahead of the 2021 polls, MK Alagiri has categorically denied all the rumours. Confirming that no decision has been taken yet, Alagiri has stated that he will consult his party cadre and then announce the formation if there is. He has also denied the speculated meeting between him and the Union Minister Amit Shah, who is set to visit Chennai on November 21.
Amit Shah to arrives Chennai on a two day visit
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to land in Chennai for his two-day visit to the southern state of Tamil Nadu today. Home Minister Shah will inaugurate a series of developmental projects and meeting representatives of the Tamil Nadu BJP unit and senior leaders of ally AIADMK. The senior BJP leader’s visit to Chennai comes as political parties in the state have sounded the poll bugle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections set to be held in May 2021.
Amit Shah will kick-off his visit by paying floral tributes to veteran AIADMK icons and former Chief Ministers’ MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa at the Kalaivanar Arangam at 4.30 pm after which he will lay foundation stones and inaugurate various developmental projects, including the Chennai Metro Rail Project Phase-3.
He is also expected to meet Tamil Nadu CM Edapaddi Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Pannerselvam at Kalaivanar Arangam. Following his participation in the event, the senior BJP leader is scheduled to chair a meeting with the Tamil Nadu BJP unit’s office bearers and district presidents to chalk out the poll strategies for the upcoming polls. Speculations are rife that a meeting between Amit Shah and Superstar Rajinikanth are also there, but it is yet to to be confirmed, the sources said.
