3 MPs kept me in loop, says TTV Dinakaran

All of them crossed to the other faction only after consulting me, he said, while talking to reporters after a meeting with his supporters. 

“They initially told me that they would return once the symbol is retrieved and replied them to stay there and do not want to be back”, he said. 

Dinakaran said his faction would retrieve the party and ‘Two Leaves’ symbol through legal proceedings and hence, there was no need for him to float a new party.

TTV Dinakaran faction’s RK Nagar branch secretary and former council member S Santhanam died while six cadres were injured in car accident at Perambalur after they were returning from Tiruchy meeting late on Monday. 

The accident has affected the functionaries sentimentally. It is said, when the car neared Thanneerpandhal on Tiruchy-Chennai bypass, it hit a cement laden lorry from Pennadam in Cuddalore. All the occupants of the car sustained grievous injuries. However, on Tuesday at around 7.30 am, Santhanam died despite treatment.