New Delhi, June 6 -- The factionalism and infatuation that have plagued the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) continue to spiral out. On Saturday, four former AIADMK ministers and ex-MLAs, along with their supporters, joined Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

Udumalai K Radhakrishnan, MC Sampath, Kadambur C Raju and NR Sivapathi joined TVK at its headquarters in Chennai on Saturday and were welcomed by the party's General Secretary Anand and General Secretary for election campaign management Aadhav Arjuna.

In the 2026 assembly polls, Udumalai Radhakrishnan unsuccessfully contested the Udumalpet constituency, while Kadambur Raju lost the elections from Kovilpatti and Sampath came th...