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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  TTV Dinakaran says case against him bid to destroy AIADMK
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TTV Dinakaran says case against him bid to destroy AIADMK

TTV Dinakaran , AIADMK deputy general secretary, says he does not know Sukesh Chandrasekhar, a middleman arrested by the Delhi police

T.T.V. Dinakaran (centre) was booked by Delhi Police for allegedly trying to bribe an EC official to get the ‘two leaves’ poll symbol in the byelection to the R K Nagar Assembly seat. Photo: PTIPremium
T.T.V. Dinakaran (centre) was booked by Delhi Police for allegedly trying to bribe an EC official to get the ‘two leaves’ poll symbol in the byelection to the R K Nagar Assembly seat. Photo: PTI

Chennai: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Amma) (AIADMK (Amma)) deputy general secretary T.T.V. Dinakaran, booked by Delhi Police for allegedly trying to bribe an Election Commission (EC) official, vowed on Monday to fight the case legally and alleged that efforts were being made to “destroy our organisation politically".

The crime branch of Delhi Police booked Dinakaran for allegedly trying to bribe an EC official to get the ‘two leaves’ poll symbol in the byelection to the R K Nagar Assembly seat.

He was booked following the arrest of Sukesh Chandrasekhar, a middleman, from a five-star hotel in Delhi on Sunday. The leader of the V.K. Sasikala faction of the ruling party also claimed he did not know Sukesh Chandrasekhar, a middleman arrested by the Delhi police in this matter. “I will answer if I get summons. I will face it legally. How does a broker or somebody say the money was from T.T.V. Dinakaran? I don’t know anybody by that name nor have I come across any such name in my life," he told reporters here.

He claimed efforts were on to “destroy our organisation politically," but said he was not aware who was doing so. “Such information is being spread to destroy our organisation politically. It is basically wrong to say that Sukesh has spoken to me. I don’t know any such person. I don’t know what is the plan and who is doing it," Dinakaran, on his way to meet his aunt and jailed party chief Sasikala at Bengaluru, said.

He also denied the bribery charges, saying “I didn’t bribe anybody." The EC had frozen AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ symbol after the two factions led by Sasikala and former chief minister O. Panneerselvam staked claim to it. The bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was scheduled for 12 April 12, but the EC cancelled it, saying the electoral process had been “seriously vitiated" by parties through use of money power.

Dinakaran was the candidate of the Sasikala faction. The seat fell vacant after the death of then chief minister J Jayalalithaa on 5 December.

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Published: 17 Apr 2017, 05:20 PM IST
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