Chennai, June 16 -- Former AIADMK minister C Vijayabaskar resigned from the Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday, the fifth lawmaker from his party to quit the House after the elections. There is speculation that like the other four, he may also join the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

Earlier in the day, the 52 year old leader stepped up his ante against party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami widening the rift against the party high command.

On Tuesday, Vijayabaskar called on assembly speaker Prabhakar at the Secretariat and submitted his resignation.

In an official release, Prabhakar said, "In accordance with Rule 21 of the legislative assembly rules, the member of the legislative assembly for the Viralimalai constituency Dr C Vijayabas...