Is the PMK heading for a split?

Chennai:PMK founder S Ramadoss and his son and the party’s president Anbumani Ramadoss had a spat in the open at the party general council meeting at Puducherry on Saturday over the nomination of P Mukundan, grandson of Ramadoss and nephew of Anbumani Ramadoss, as president of the PMK youth with indicating a possible split in the party, which is an ally of the BJP. With Ramadoss telling his son that he could leave the party if could not follow his dictates at the meeting itself and Anbumani Ramadoss announcing the opening a separate office at Panaiyur and sharing the telephone number for his supporters to contact him, the grapevine was rife with speculations over the rift between the father and son getting widened. What gave more grist to the rumour mills was Anbumani Ramadoss telling the party general council members of his separate office at Panniyur. With Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam founder president Vijay meeting Sangamitra, the daughter of Anbumani Ramadoss, a few days ago, rumours are being circulated that a political tie-up between TVK and PMK was in the offing.