Tenkasi (Tamil Nadu): A day after the hospitalisation of Former minister and DMK MLA Poongothai Aladi Aruna, who allegedly consumed sleeping pills, many rumours surfaced in political circles regarding the rift within the party which allegedly forced her to give up her life. But DMK has refuted all the rumours.
In the latest development, Poongothai denied all types of rumours regarding the party infighting. She also clarified that a lower sugar level was the primary reason for her hospitalisation.
Poongothai said, "it hurts so much for the media to spread lies as if I had tried to commit suicide by covering up this real incident". She also urged the press not to spread the false news.
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Poongothai is the MLA from Alangulam assembly constituency in Tirunelveli district. She was first elected as an MLA in 2006 from Alangulam. While she was defeated by the AIADMK candidate in 2011, Poongothai won back the seat in 2016 with over 88,000 votes polled in her favour. She had served as Social Welfare Minister in 2008 and later as Minister for Information and Technology.
