Former Aandipatti MLA and AMMK propaganda secretary Thanga Tamilselvan, who fell out with the party leader TTV Dhinakaran, joined the DMK in the presence of its chief M K Stalin at party headquarters Anna Arivalayam in Chennai on Friday. Tamilselvan became the third leader from AMMK after Senthil Balaji and VP Kalairajan to join the DMK.
Tamilselvan’s quarrel with Dhinakaran come out in the open after an audio clip of him passing intemperate remarks about Dhinakaran to AMMK Madurai co-ordinator Chella Pandian went viral on social media. The next day, Dhinakaran held a press conference and said Tamilselvan’s behavior wasn’t aligning with party principles and that a new propaganda secretary will be appointed by July 1.
In these circumstances, reports of Tamilselvan joining the AIADMK started to emerge. Sources close to Tamilselvan said Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy is ready to accept Tamilselvan, however, the deputy CM is firm on not admitting Tamilselvan into the party.
On Friday, Tamilselvan along with some of the AMMK functionaries joined DMK.