Trade Union leader Sethu Selvam quits CPI

Trade unionist K. Sethu Selvam has announced his decision to resign from all organisational positions that he had held in the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). 

Mr Selvam told reporters that he was resigning as a member of CPI’s executive committee and general secretary of AITUC as he was unhappy with how party affairs were being managed. “I am resigning from all positions in CPI and AITUC. The CPI is being misled by former MLA N. Kalainathan. That is the reason for my resignation, “ he said. 

Mr Selvam, who in the 2021 Assembly elections, contested unsuccessfully against Chief Minister N. Rangasamy from Thattanchavady constituency, said he would reveal his political plans shortly.

“I will definitely contest from the constituency. I finished as runner in 2021 and secured my deposit, which none other could do in our front,” he said.