Three AIADMK MLAs Resign, Join Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam Amid Reconciliation Drive
मुख्य बातें
- •Three AIADMK MLAs, S Jayakumar, Maragatham Kumaravel, and P Sathyabama, submit their resignation letters to the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
- •The Speaker accepts their resignations, reducing the AIADMK's strength in the Assembly to 44.
- •The three MLAs join the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party, which won the confidence vote in the Assembly.
- •The move is seen as part of a larger reconciliation drive within the AIADMK, with party leaders attempting to reunite the faction-ridden party.
- •The AIADMK's strength in the Assembly has dropped to 44 following the resignation of the three MLAs.
In a significant development in Tamil Nadu politics, three MLAs from the AIADMK party, S Jayakumar, Maragatham Kumaravel, and P Sathyabama, submitted their resignation letters to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Monday, May 25, 2026. The Speaker subsequently accepted their resignations, reducing the AIADMK's strength in the Assembly to 44. The three MLAs, who represented the Perundurai, Madurantakam, and Dharapuram constituencies, respectively, had been part of the S.P. Velumani faction within the AIADMK.
