<p>AIADMK (Amma) Deputy General Secretary TTV Dhinakran today announced that senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP R Vaithilingam has been removed from the party.<br /><br />The move came a day after Vaithilingam, a loyalist of Chief Minister K Palaniswami, said steps would be taken for the removal of jailed party chief V K Sasikala from the AIADMK.<br /><br />Vaithilingam, AIADMK's Thanjavur (South) district secretary, was being removed from all posts, besides primary membership for "going against the party's policies and bringing disrepute" to it, Dhinakaran said.<br /><br />"I request party workers to not to have any truck with him," Dhinakaran said in a statement.<br /><br />He added that the announcement was being made with the "approval" of Sasikala who is serving her jail term in the disproportionate wealth case in a Bengaluru prison.<br /><br />During the merger of the two AIADMK factions yesterday, Vaithilingam had said measures would be initiated soon to expel Sasikala from the party, conceding to a key demand made by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam for the unification.<br /><br />Vaithilingam, a former minister, was named party deputy coordinator during the merger event at the AIADMK headquarters here.</p>
<p>AIADMK (Amma) Deputy General Secretary TTV Dhinakran today announced that senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP R Vaithilingam has been removed from the party.<br /><br />The move came a day after Vaithilingam, a loyalist of Chief Minister K Palaniswami, said steps would be taken for the removal of jailed party chief V K Sasikala from the AIADMK.<br /><br />Vaithilingam, AIADMK's Thanjavur (South) district secretary, was being removed from all posts, besides primary membership for "going against the party's policies and bringing disrepute" to it, Dhinakaran said.<br /><br />"I request party workers to not to have any truck with him," Dhinakaran said in a statement.<br /><br />He added that the announcement was being made with the "approval" of Sasikala who is serving her jail term in the disproportionate wealth case in a Bengaluru prison.<br /><br />During the merger of the two AIADMK factions yesterday, Vaithilingam had said measures would be initiated soon to expel Sasikala from the party, conceding to a key demand made by the faction led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam for the unification.<br /><br />Vaithilingam, a former minister, was named party deputy coordinator during the merger event at the AIADMK headquarters here.</p>