Vaithilingam, who was the joint coordinator of the AIADMK Cadres' Rights Retrieval Committee and considered second only to O Panneerselvam in the faction, formally joined the DMK in the presence of party president and Chief Minister MK Stalin at Anna Arivalayam.
Sengottaiyan, who was the District Organisation Secretary and District Secretary of the Erode Suburban West District, has also been relieved from his responsibilities.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs walked out of the state assembly during the budget presentation over the alleged Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC) scam on Friday.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday witnessed high drama on its first day of the winter session as the opposition parties were holding protests at the Secretariat against the alleged sexual assault case.
Drama unfolded in the New Year during the first day of the assembly session in Tamil Nadu over the Anna University sexual assault incident, whereas Speaker Appavu orders the eviction of AIADMK MLAs from the assembly hall, and BJP and PMK walk out from the assembly session condemning the gove
Tamil Nadu LoP Edappadi Palaniswami and other AIADMK MLAs have been suspended for this entire assembly session after a resolution was passed on Wednesday in the Tamil Nadu Assembly to suspend AIADMK MLAs.
The Speaker Appavu ordered the watch and ward staff, which performs security duties inside the Assembly, to evict AIADMK MLAs from the Assembly hall. Since June 19 afternoon, at least 47 persons lost their lives in the Kallakurichi district of the State after they consumed illicit liquor
Former Tamil Nadu minister and AIADMK legislature Kadambur Raju on Thursday accused the state BJP chief K Annamalai of being immature. He also alleged that the ruling DMK's protest against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is something that is designed to deceive people.