All is well between AIADMK, TMC: Moopanar

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JAN. 26. As the TMC brought all the `secular' parties together at a function to mark Republic Day and Pongal at party headquarters here today, the party president, Mr. G. K. Moopanar, indicated that all is well between the TMC and the AIADMK.

In his brief address to the gathering of leaders of various political parties, Mr. Moopanar sought to dispel the impression that the AIADMK general secretary, Ms. Jayalalitha, had boycotted the TMC function. He stated that she had deputed her party functionary, Mr. Dindigul Sreenivasan, to attend the function.

``There may be differences between us. But it is wrong to say she boycotted. She has sent a reply to my invitation for the function'', he said. The TMC vice-president, Mr. S. G. Vinayagamurthy, read out Ms. Jayalalitha's letter, in which she had explained her inability to attend the function due to unavoidable circumstances.

The constituents of the secular front, including the TNCC(I) president, Mr. E. V. K. S. Elangovan, the CPI State Secretary, Mr. R. Nallakannu, CPI(M) leader, Mr. N. Vardarajan, the IUML State leader, Mr. Khader Moideen, and the third front proponents including the Janata Party president, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, the Makkal Tamizh Desam Katchi president, Mr. S. Kannappan, participated.

Earlier, in an informal chat with the media, Dr. Swamy said that he had given up hopes of the TMC leading the proposed third front in the State, as Mr. Moopanar's ``failure'' to respond to the AIADMK's firm rejection of its power-sharing demand, indicated that the TMC was aligning with the AIADMK.

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