Chennai, Aug. 9 -- Even as the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) is reeling under intense and bitter power struggle between party founder S Ramadoss and his son and president Anbumani, the later asserted at the general council, convened in the absence of the former at the coastal heritage town, Mamallapuram on Saturday, that the party would form a mega alliance and capture power.
The general council itself is held after Madras High Court cleared the decks on Friday by dismissing a plea by Ramadoss to restrain Anbumani from holding it. It was not without drama that Justice N Anand Venkatesh dismissed the petition as not maintainable before attempting at a truce between the warring father-son duo at his chambers. On being asked by the Judge, Anbu...