A DMK nominee was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha for being underaged

50 years ago, the DMK was in an unassailable position in the 234-seat Assembly with a commanding majority of at least 170 members. Hence, it was an embarrassment to the ruling party to find that Valampuri John, an advocate-turned-politician and one of its candidates in the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha, was underaged