Ex-DMK General Secretary Duraisamy joins Tamil Nadu BJP

Former Assembly Deputy Speaker and ex-DMK MLA, V.P. Duraisamy, who was sacked from the post of deputy general secretary of the party on Thursday, joined the BJP on Friday morning in the presence of State BJP president L. Murugan and other senior leaders.

“I left the DMK because they have deviated from their ideology for which the party was started. I am joining a party (BJP) that has good intentions,” Mr. Duraisamy said after obtaining the BJP membership.

Mr. Duraisamy accused the DMK of indoctrinating party cadres that the BJP was working only for the welfare of the forward community, he claimed. “Only later we realised that the the BJP is working for Hindus, Christians, Muslims and SC/STs,” he said.