India, June 17 -- Former AIADMK minister C Vijayabaskar, who resigned as MLA on Tuesday, said he has quit the party with "anguish" and a "heavy heart" and blamed party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami for "wrong decisions."

In a two-page letter, the former health minister thanked cadres and well-wishers who supported him.

"AIADMK is facing trials and tribulations due to party chief Palaniswami's wrong decisions," Vijayabaskar, a doctor by profession, alleged.

He is the fifth legislator to quit the party in a month's time. While he is yet to reveal his political plans, four other members - Maragatham Kumaravel, S Jayakumar, P Sathyabama and Esakki Subaya, resigned as MLAs and joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, despite winning the A...