Chennai, May 22 -- Following the induction of VCK's Vanni Arasu and IUML's AM Shahjahan into the cabinet of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, senior DMK leader and Lok Sabha MP A Raja took a sharp literary dig at the shifting political alignments in Tamil Nadu.

The MLAs from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) - both traditionally aligned with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) - took oaths of office as ministers on Friday under the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) coalition administration.

Taking to his official account on X, the DMK Deputy General Secretary drew a parallel using the classical literary concept of Muttatthengu, a term describing a coconut tree planted in one's own ...