CHENNAI: T Senthil Murugan, who was announced as candidate by deposed AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam for Erode East constituency bypoll, on Thursday called on Leader of Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami at the party office and joined the party.

Shortly after the district secretaries meeting, Murugan met EPS and other senior party functionaries.

Following this, OPS issued a statement to announce that Senthil Murugan has been removed from the party.

Murugan was nominated as a candidate from the OPS faction as against EPS nominated candidate K S Thennarasu.

Murugan withdrew his candidature before the campaign picked up.

Visit news.dtnext.in to explore our interactive epaper!

Download the DT Next app for more exciting features!

Click here for iOS

Click here for Android