25-Feb-2024 11:09 PM
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Chennai, Feb 25 (Reporter) A day after quitting the Congress and joining the BJP, three-time
MLA Ms S.Vijayadharani on Sunday resigned as Legislator and it was accepted by Tamil
Nadu Assembly Speaker M.Appavu.
Ms Vijayadharani WAS elected to the Assembly from Vilavancode in the southern
Kanniyakumari district for the third time in 2021 polls after her victories from the
same Constituency in 2011 and 2016, resigned her MLA post today.
She has tendered her resignation to Mr Appavu, who has accepted it, official sources
said.
Her resignation comes in the backdrop of Congress sacking her from the party, soon
after joining the BJP in New Delhi on Saturday, and the TNCC, in a swift move, handing
over a letter to the Speaker seeking action against her under the Anti-defection law.
Ms Vijayadharani said she joined the BJP as she has not received due recognition
in the Congress for the last few years...////...