The Congress continued with its crackdown of supporters of former Minister A. Namassivayam, who quit the Cabinet recently to join the BJP.
PCC Chief A. V Subramanian told The Hindu that the party had suspended former legislator E. Theeppainthan, State party general secretaries K. Egambaram, A. V. Veeraraghavan, V. Kannabiran, State secretaries S. K Sambath, S. Samraj and seven other functionaries for indulging in “anti- party” activities
Mr. Subramanian said the AICC had directed the local leadership to be stern with those associating with Mr. Namassivayam.
