Days after DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin directed party functionaries who had violated the terms of the alliance to resign from their urban civic body posts, some of them heeded to his diktat, while others stayed put.
In the indirect elections held last week to the posts of deputy mayors of Corporations and chairpersons/vice-chairpersons of municipalities and town panchayats, some of the DMK’s allies complained that local functionaries failed to honour the seat- sharing agreement. Instead, the DMK candidates had contested against official candidates of the alliance and defeated them. Mr. Stalin directed such persons to resign from their posts so that the allies could be accommodated.
On Tuesday, Jayaprabha Manivannan, vice-chairperson of the Nellikuppam municipality in Cuddalore district, resigned. However, the DMK’s rebel candidate, Jayanthi Radhakrishnan, who was elected chairperson, refused to resign.
