Dinakaran faction wants TN CM changed

Chennai Aug 22 (IANS) The AIADMK group headed by jailed General Secretary V.K. Sasikala s nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on Tuesday informed Governor C.V. Rao that it wants the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to be changed a faction member said.

Speaking to a television channel Sasikala-Dinakaran loyalist Thangathamizh Chelvan said: "We have told the Governor that we will be taking steps to change Chief Minister K. Palaniswami."

He said: "We are taking steps to change the Chief Minister."

According to him the party legislators would meet and elect a new Chief Minister.

The Dinakaran faction was upset over their isolation in the party.

Nineteen legislators belonging to the Dinakaran faction met the Governor on Tuesday at Raj Bhavan.

--IANS
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