Chennai, March 27 -- Cracking the whip rather too late, the Congress is all set to suspend from the party six of its unofficial candidates who had defied the directive to withdraw their nominations for the election to the Puducherry Territorial Assembly, leaving the INDIA bloc, comprising the DMK, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the CPI, in total disarray.
"The party national leadership will take disciplinary action against the candidates contesting against the DMK and VCK," PCC President and Lok Sabha MP V Vaithilingam, who is also in the fray contesting against AINRC Founder and Chief Minister N Rangasamy in the high profile Thattanchavady seat, told reporters here on Friday evening.
Turning into a firefighting mode, the PCC an...