I represents the real AIADMK, says Tamaraikani

CHENNAI, OCT 12: Rebel AIADMK MLA, R Tamaraikani, who was removed from the party and the post of legislature party leader, has asked Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P T R Palanivel Rajan to allow him to continue as an AIADMK member in the House, since he represented the 8220;real AIADMK8221;.

Handing over a letter dated October 6 to the Speaker at his chamber in the Secretariat, a copy of which was later released to the press, he said J Jayalalitha, who was only a 8220;nominated8221; general secretary of the AIADMK, had no right or power to remove him from the party. The rebel AIADMK member unsuccessfully contested as an Independent in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections against official AIADMK candidate V Ramasamy from Sivakasi constituency.