Thursday, December 29 2005 19:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today (Dec 29, 2005) relieved farmers wing joint secretary R Rajasekaran, who stood as surety to Kanchi Seer Jayendara Saraswathi, when he was granted bail in a 'theft case', from the party post.

The case pertains to a theft at the Periyakudi Shiva temple in Mannargudi taluk on November 12, 2005.

Announcing this, DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan, in a statement, said Rajasekaran was issued a show cause notice. In his reply, Rajasekaran himself had admitted that standing surety for the Seer was not in tune with the party line. Hence he had been relieved from the party post, Anbazhagan said.