Radhakrishnan Nagar in the Tamil Nadu Assembly from 2017 to 2021. Elections Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections In a recent development, the Tis Hazari Special Court granted him bail on the grounds that the police had failed to identify the public official allegedly bribed, accepting the argument made by his lawyer Aman Lekhi. Dinakaran has been charged with conspiracy and corruption in the case. It is claimed that a middle-man named Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was raided and arrested in Delhi and was found with 13 million, which was allegedly meant as a bribe for the ECI in exchange for the symbol. On 17 April 2017, Delhi police registered a case against Dhinakaran regarding an allegation of attempting to bribe the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the AIADMK's election symbol. On 19 April 2019, he was elected as the general secretary. Dhinakaran announced that Sasikala would be the general secretary while he would be the deputy general secretary. He was expelled from the party on August, 2017 and launched his own party Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK) on 15 March 2018. Sasikala left to surrender herself in the Bengaluru court to serve the jail term in a disproportionate assets case. He assumed office of MLA on 29 December 2017.ĭinakaran was reinducted into the AIADMK and appointed deputy general secretary on 15 February 2017, hours before V. Madhusudhanan with a huge margin of votes as an Independent candidate. In 2017 R.K Nagar by-election, he defeated AIADMK's candidate E. Political career ĭhinakaran was a Member of Lok Sabha, representing Periyakulam from 1999 to 2004, and was runner-up in the seat at 2004 general election when he was defeated by J. On 15 March 2018 Dhinakaran launched his political party named Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam. He won the highly anticipated RK Nagar by-election in December 2017. He also served as former Member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly from Dr. He was expelled from the AIADMK in August 2017. In the past he was the Treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party and served as the Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The case pertains to the insolvency proceedings initiated by ED against (function() ) Thiruthurapoondi Thiruvenkatam Vivekananda Dhinakaran (born 13 December 1963) is an Indian politician and founding General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazagam. Raising a question to the counsel for Dhinakaran, the judge asked did he got any immunity only because of being an MP then, and said every one, be it the President or the PM, is equal before the law. The observations were made when a petition on the proceedings of ED for insolvency against Dhinakaran for failing to pay the penalty came up for hearing. Hence it is a DEBT as per the insolvency laws,” he said, adding since Dhinakaran has not paid even a penny, he is a defaulter and so, the notice of insolvency is valid.įollow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp “All the authorities exercise the power of the civil court while conducting the adjudication proceedings. The case pertains to the insolvency proceedings initiated by ED against Dhinakaran.Īdditional Solicitor General ARL Sundaresan, representing the ED, said Rs 31 crore adjudicated by the authority under FERA was modified by the appellate tribunal as Rs 28 crore and it is a civil liability though it is called a penalty under the Act. Indicating that government authorities would act swiftly on petty issues but remain slack on matters like the default of such a huge amount, the bench noted at least 40 officials would go along with a JCB if it were a matter of encroachment of 100 sqft of land. None had bothered about it,” a division bench of Justices R Subramanian and R Kalaimathi said. “It is Rs 28 crore (of default on payment of penalty). CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has questioned the inaction of the authorities of the enforcement directorate regarding the non-payment of the penalty slapped on ex-MP and founder of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam TTV Dhinakaran for violation of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) in obtaining foreign contributions.
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