Tamil Nadu Politics: 4 former AIADMK ministers and DMK leaders broke away, joined TVK, CM Vijay’s family expanded

By Samira Vishwas On Jun 6, 2026

Tamil Nadu Politics CM Vijay: In the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026, the party TVK, which came into existence only two years ago, sidelined the parties DMK and AIADMK, which were in power for decades. TVK chief Vijay took oath as the new Chief Minister of the state. There has been a huge upheaval in the politics of the state since the elections.

AIADMK party divided into two factions. Later, news of reconciliation also came to light. The split continues in DMK also. Meanwhile, a new news is coming out, which is worrying for AIADMK and DMK. Four former AIADMK ministers and one former DMK MLA resigned and joined the ruling party.

constant migration in the party

Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party AIADMK suffered a major blow on Saturday when four of its former ministers and senior leaders joined the ruling TVK. After the disappointing performance in the assembly elections, the party is facing continuous internal strife and exodus of leaders.

#WATCH | Tamil Nadu | AIADMK leaders Kadambur Raju, Udumalai K Radhakrishnan, MC Sampath and others arrive at the TVK HQ in Chennai’s Panaiyur. They are expected to join TVK shortly. pic.twitter.com/GxIQAVP335
— ANI (@ANI) June 6, 2026

Former minister and former MLA Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, M.C. Sampath, Kadambur C. Raju and N.R. Shivapathy met party general secretary N. at the TVK headquarters in Chennai. Took membership of the party in the presence of Anand and election campaign management general secretary Aadhav Arjuna. The fifth leader is J Karunanidhi. He has been a former MLA from DMK party.

Party divided into two factions

The crisis within the party came to the fore when 25 AIADMK MLAs defied the party whip and supported Chief Minister Vijay during the trust vote in the Assembly. This incident had exposed deep divisions in the party. However, later the rebel group asked party general secretary Edappadi K. Made peace with Palaniswami, but despite this the exodus of leaders and workers continues.

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TVK family is continuously growing

After the assembly elections, the ruling party TVK’s clan is continuously increasing. Political analysts believe that the continuous defections from the AIADMK party are a sign of the growing influence of TVK and it is becoming a big challenge for the opposition party to strengthen its political ground again.