AIADMK suffers fresh setback as former MLAs switch to TVK, DMK

Several former AIADMK MLAs, including ministers, have joined Chief Minister Vijay's TVK and MK Stalin's DMK. Four former ministers and ex-MLAs, including Udumalai K Radhakrishnan, M C Sampath, Kadambur C Raju and N R Sivapathi, have switched sides and joined TVK at the party headquarters in Chennai. This is the latest sign of a trend where several AIADMK leaders and workers have left the party and joined TVK or DMK.