Commenting on the party’s decision to contest the Karnataka Assembly polls, Palaniswami says there is no confusion on the alliance between the BJP and the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
He had been ailing for some time, say sources
Former Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister and AIADMK leader P.V. Damodaran, 76, died at a private hospital in Coimbatore on Tuesday afternoon.
According to sources, Damodaran had been ailing for some time.
2003 to 2006
He was elected from the Pongalur Assembly constituency in 2001 and served as a Minister from 2003 to 2006 in the Jayalalithaa Cabinet. In the 2006 election, he lost the seat to DMK’s Mani by fewer than 50 votes.
AIADMK sources said Damodaran was a founding member of the party and was among those who had left the DMK when actor-politician M.G. Ramachandran founded the party after being expelled from the DMK.