Chennai, May 25 -- Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin on Monday alleged "horse trading" as three AIADMK MLAs resigned and joined hands with the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

Three AIADMK MLAs, Sathyabama, Maragatham Kumaravel, and Jayakumar, tendered their resignation, which were accepted by the Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar.

In an X post, MK Stalin lambasted TVK for being a "force of misery" and asked if the people cast their votes for the ruling party "merely to witness such disgraceful spectacles."

Recalling the factional split within the AIADMK camp during the trust vote, he wrote, "'Horse-trading' proceeding at 'horse-speed'! Scene 1: In the absence of a majority, the TVK seeks support from the lead...