Chennai, July 2 -- Four former Ministers and senior Opposition AIADMK leaders joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) headed by Chief Minister Vijay on Thursday, even as party heavyweight and disgruntled former Minister SP Velumani, who too was said to be exploring the option of switching sides, announced that he would continue to remain in the AIADMK.
The four former Ministers are -- C Vijayabaskar (CV) and MR Vijayabaskar (MRV)-- who resigned as MLAs, walked out from the AIADMK and joined the TVK, along with two other ex-Ministers MSM Anandan and Ms.S .Valarmathi, besides several former MLAs, Deputy Mayors, district secretaries and functionaries.
All the AIADMKmen joined the TVK at a star hotel at Mamallapuram, about 55 km from...