Former MP P. Venugopal quits AIADMK

Former MP P. Venugopal, who was elected to the Lok Sabha doubly from Tiruvallur constituency, discontinue the AIADMK connected Sunday (May 24, 2026). Mr. Venugopal held key positions successful the enactment successful the aesculapian helping since inception and had besides served arsenic the AIADMK’s Parliamentary enactment person successful the Lok Sabha.

In a property merchandise dated May 18, Mr. Venugopal said determination were assorted “political and societal factors” down the setbacks being faced by the AIADMK. Since the passing of erstwhile Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, the enactment of the Scheduled Caste assemblage to the enactment has been declining, helium said adding this was 1 of the superior reasons for the party’s electoral defeats.

If the AIADMK had to re-emerge arsenic a beardown party, it was indispensable to make a communal governmental attack that would see each sections of the party, said Mr. Venugopal. Recently, erstwhile Minister S. Semmalai and erstwhile Speaker P. Dhanapal had discontinue the party.

Mr. Venugopal said the party’s wide caput (Edappadi K. Palaniswami) should usage amended judgment. “A idiosyncratic who is simply a Rajya Sabha MP is fixed a summons to contention (Assembly polls) without reasoning what volition hap if helium wins the MLA seat.”

Rajya Sabha berths, helium claimed, were fixed to elder enactment functionaries during Jayalalithaa’s time.