The DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday announced an organisational rejig and appointed a close aide of party chief MK Stalin's son, Udhayanidhi, to a key post in Tiruchirappali district.
DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan announced that party's Tiruchi North and Tiruchy South units were being divided to create Tiruchi Central.
Udhayanidhi's aide Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, also a Legislator from Tiruverumbur Assembly constituency, has been appointed in-charge for Tiruchi South, Anbazhagan said in a party statement.
Kaduvetti Thyagarajan is the district secretary for Tiruchi North while Vairamani is the party in-charge for Tiruchi Central.
The changes had been made following the appointment of former Tiruchi South district secretary, K N Nehru, as DMK's Prinicipal Secretary, Anbazhagan added.
Nehru, also an MLA and a former Minister, is a strongman in Tiruchirappalli.