Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tada Periyasamy on Sunday joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
He was welcomed to the social gathering by AIADMK Common Secretary Edappadi Ok Palaniswami.
Periyasamy was believed to be upset after the BJP denied him a Lok Sabha ticket from the state’s Chidambaram seat.
Within the 2021 Tamil Nadu Meeting polls, he contested on a BJP ticket from the Tittagudi seat, however was defeated by the DMK’s CV Ganesan.
Within the BJP, Periyasamy additionally served because the chief of Tamil Nadu BJP’s Schedule Solid (SC) unit.
In February, a number of leaders from Tamil Nadu, together with 15 former MLAs and an ex-MP, joined the BJP. Most of those leaders have been from the AIADMK.
Former AIADMK leaders, together with Ok Vadivel, MV Rathnam, R Chinnaswamy, and PS Kandasamy, joined the saffron social gathering within the presence of Tamil Nadu BJP chief Ok Annamalai.
Tamil Nadu, which has 39 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in a single section on April 19. Votes will likely be counted on June 4.
