Chennai, Dec 14: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa today removed M Thambi Durai and N Thalavai Sundram, who were dismissed from the Tamil Nadu cabinet, from the posts of party's organising secretary and advocates wing secretary respectively.
Last night, she dismissed both of them from the cabinet apparently over controversial land ceiling exemption granted to an educational institution set up by Durai. The Hosur-based Adhiyaman educational and research institution floated by Thambi Durai was recently granted post facto permission for over 216 acres of land already held by the institution.
A public interest litigation was filed in the Madras High Court challenging the government order which gave exemption for the land violating the Tamil Nadu Land Ceiling Act. Sundaram, as revenue minister, was understood to have cleared the file relating to the exemption.
Thambi Durai's family is reportedly running some self-financing engineering and arts colleges. Bureau Report