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Former AIADMK Minister K.T. Pachaimal, erstwhile AIADMK MPs N. Balaganga, R. Vanaroja, A. Elavarasan, and erstwhile MLA S. Vijayadharani from the BJP, among others, person joined the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) connected Saturday (June 13, 2026).
The induction took spot successful the beingness of TVK wide caput Bussy N. Anand, alongside Ministers Aadhav Arjuna and Rajmohan astatine the party’s office successful Panaiyur adjacent Chennai.
For S. Vijayadharani, this marks her 2nd large governmental displacement successful conscionable implicit 2 years. A person from Kanyakumari district, she built her vocation with the Indian National Congress, winning the Vilavancode Assembly constituency for 3 consecutive times successful 2011, 2016, and 2021. During her stint with the Congress, she besides held influential nationalist and State-level positions, serving arsenic the wide caput of the All India Mahila Congress and president of the Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress.
In February 2024, Ms. Vijayadharani joined the BJP. However, successful the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, she finished a distant third successful her stronghold of Vilavancode. Now, she has switched to TVK on with her section supporters.
K.T. Pachaimal who was formerly with the AIADMK, had served arsenic the Minister for Forests successful the Cabinet headed by J. Jayalalithaa. N. Balaganga, who was a territory caput successful the AIADMK, had besides served arsenic a Member of Parliament successful the Rajya Sabha. Other erstwhile AIADMK MPs who joined the TVK connected Saturday see R. Vanaroja and A. Elavarasan.
Besides them, erstwhile office-bearers of assorted different parties besides joined TVK.
