Overview

• The Disciplinary Action Committee, chaired by founder S. Ramadoss at Thailapuram in Villupuram, approved a show-cause notice to Anbumani Ramadoss.
• The party’s organising secretary will dispatch the notice under Section 19, requiring a response with documents either in person or in writing by August 31.
• Allegations include inappropriate behaviour at the December general council, attempts to split the party, directives to district secretaries to skip a founder-led meeting, and misuse of social media for derogatory posts.
• Ramadoss said aide K. Balu had been expelled and that his comments on council decisions not being binding should be disregarded.
• Separately, S. Ramadoss welcomed NDA’s nomination of Maharashtra Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan for Vice-President.