Erode MP and one of the founding leaders of the MDMK, A. Ganesamoorthy, died on Thursday after battling for life at a private hospital since Sunday. He was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition after allegedly attempting to end his life.
Born on June 10, 1947, Ganesamoorthy was among the DMK district secretaries who had walked out of the party and joined hands with Vaiko to float the MDMK in 1994. He was an MLA of the DMK during 1989-91, and was elected from the Palani Lok Sabha constituency in 1998 and Erode constituency in the 2009 and 2019 general elections.
Mr. Vaiko, in his condolence message, recalled the days he worked with Ganesamoorthy when they were in the DMK’s student wing. Ganesamoorthy was a student of Theagaraya College in Chennai. He also participated in the anti-Hindi agitation in 1965. He completed his B.A. in 1969 and became the DMK’s student wing co-organiser, and the party’s district secretary in 1984.
