Demand to derecognise PMK, MDMK parties

PONDICHERRY, JUNE 4: Pondicherry Pradesh Congress Committee president V. Narayanasami on Saturday said his party would take legal steps and also urge the Election Commission of India to derecognise the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) for supporting the banned LTTE.

Addressing a press conference here, he urged Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to drop the two parties from the DMK-led Front in the state.

Narayansami said the party would press Pondicherry Chief Minister P. Shanmugham to order an inquiry into the sanctioning of six steel mills in Karaikal and a medical college here by former chief minister R.V. Janakiraman.

Referring to the Yanam by-poll, he said he would meet Sonia Gandhi on June 6 and the candidate would be officially announced after that.