Former AIADMK strongman Sengottaiyan may join Vijay's TVK

The nine-time MLA from Gobichettipalayam, Sengottaiyan is a strongman from Western Tamil Nadu.

Former AIADMK veteran K A Sengottaiyan, who tendered his resignation as MLA on Wednesday, is likely to join Vijay’s party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), according to News18.

He was recently removed from his basic cadre position in the AIADMK, a move that the veteran leader says has caused him “extreme pain.”

The nine-time MLA from Gobichettipalayam, Sengottaiyan  is a strongman from Western Tamil Nadu. “I’m deeply anguished because the only reward I received was that I can no longer be a member of the AIADMK. I have no further comments to make,” he told News18.

He was recently sacked from the AIADMK for joining hands with ousted leaders, including VK Sasikala, O Panneerselvam and TTV Dhinakaran on October 30 this year in Madurai.

Sengottaiyan had recently called for a “united AIADMK” and urged Edappadi K Palaniswami to re-induct the ousted leaders in a move to defeat the DMK.

Palaniswami then removed him from party positions.

Meanwhile, the the BJP said it will not “interfere” in the internal matters of the AIADMK. According to News18, several BJP leaders  say that the  AIADMK should remain united and this alone will help the NDA perform better in the 2026 state assembly polls.