Chennai, March 27 -- Former women's wing leader of TVK Ranjana Nachiyar on Friday joined the DMK in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, citing serious concerns over how women were treated in her former party.

Nachiyar said she quit TVK on International Women's Day after TVK chief Vijay made what she called "unacceptable speeches regarding women" from the party's stage and repeatedly failed to meet with party workers.

She told in her complaint to the State Women's Commission details of "character assassination and abuse" directed at her via YouTube videos following her dissent.

"I was in TVK earlier. I quit the party on Women's Day after he (TVK chief Vijay) made some unacceptable speeches regarding women from the stage. He was ...