Esakki Subbaiah, former Minister and State secretary of Jayalalithaa Peravai of the AMMK, announced on Tuesday that he was quitting the party and will rejoin the AIADMK in the presence of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Saturday (July 6). He joins a list of prominent AMMK leaders, including former Minister Senthil Balaji and former MLAs Thanga Tamilselvan, S. Michael Rayappan and V.P. Kalairajan, who have quit the Dhinakaran-led party in recent months and joined either the DMK or the AIADMK.
Addressing journalists in Courtallam, Mr. Subbaiah claimed there would be significant changes in the AIADMK after the release of V.K. Sasikala — a close confidante of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa — who is serving a four-year jail term in Bengaluru following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case in February 2016.
“There will certainly be substantial changes in the AIADMK when Chinnamma(Sasikala), the epitome of sacrifice, who had administered (the party) along with Amma (Jayalalithaa), gets released from prison,” he said.