The DMK has collected a
whopping Rs 106.79 crore as election fund. Honouring district secretaries at
the party’s 10th state conference in Tiruchy, party president M. Karunanidhi
gave gold rings to secretaries of three districts that had contributed maximum
amount to the election fund. Others received certificates. In 1966-67 in the 4
Virugambakkam in Chennai, Mr. Karunanidhi presented Rs. 11 lakh to party
founder C.N. Annadurai and received a gold ring.
At the Tiruchi conference, Tiruvannamalai
district secretary E.V. Velu, who contributed Rs 7.22 crore, topped the list. Thiruvallur
district secretary Sudarsanam secured the second place for contributing Rs 7.11
crore. Kancheepuram district secretary T.M. Anbarasan got the third place with
his contribution of Rs 6.07 crore. It was party treasurer M.K. Stalin who
announced the name of the district secretaries and the amounts contributed by
them.
But Mr. Karunanidhi asked him
to calculate the total amount and made it open to the party cadres present at
the conference venue. The conference in the evening session witnessed party
leaders speaking on various subjects.
Party general secretary K. Anbazhagan
said the DMK alliance should win all the 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
in the Lok Sabha polls, not to secure political power, but to empower the
Dravidian society.
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