New Delhi, May 26 -- Esakki Subaya, the AIADMK MLA from Ambasamudram, on Tuesday tendered his resignation from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, making him the fourth newly-elected legislator from the party to quit. Subay who met Speaker JCD Prabhakar and submitted his resignation letter, is expected to join P Sathyabama, Maragatham Kumaravel and S Jayakumar, who had quit AIADMK and joined ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Monday.

Subaya is the fourth MLA from the rebel C Ve Shanmugam-SP Velumani camp, which wanted to join hands with Vijay's TVK. With the four resignations, the AIADMK's strength in the 234-member House has been reduced to 43 from 47.

Earlier, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami had urged Speaker Prabhakar not to accept th...