Dinakaran to visit RK Nagar on Jan 3 to thank voters

January 01, 2018 19:54

Sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader, T T V Dinakaran today said cases filed against him will not have any impact on his political career.

Dinakaran, who took oath as a member of the state assembly on December 29, said he would thank voters in the RK Nagar constitutency, from where he was elected, on Wednesday.

Cases pending against him include a Foreign Exchange Regulations Act (FERA) case.

Dinakaran, who contested the December 21 bypoll as an independent, defeated AIADMK's E Madhusudhanan by over 40,000 votes, dealing a blow to the ruling camp headed by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

The byelection was held to fill the vacancy caused by death of then sitting member Jayalalithaa on December 5, 2016. -- PTI

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