TVK Chief Vijay has appointed 15 new Deputy General Secretaries, including 11 former AIADMK ministers, in what is being seen as an outreach to AIADMK leaders and cadres.
Announcing the appointments, Vijay said the new functionaries would take up their responsibilities along with existing office-bearers, and sought the cooperation of party cadres.
Vijay had defended the switches while campaigning in Madurantakam, saying the AIADMK’s attempt to ally with the DMK and form the government had caused anguish among followers of MGR and Jayalalithaa. “TVK did not poach AIADMK MLAs. “There was no horse-trading.
From the beginning of the 2026 campaign, Vijay had projected the electoral battle primarily as one between the TVK and DMK.
Announcing the appointments, Vijay said the new functionaries would take up their responsibilities along with existing office-bearers, and sought the cooperation of party cadres. “I request the party cadres to extend their full cooperation to the new office-bearers,” Vijay said. They resigned on their own and joined TVK,” he said, adding that the MLAs believed there was no future for them in the AIADMK under EPS’s leadership and did not want to wait five years. Sathya Kumar also said the AIADMK’s alliance with the BJP had gone against the wishes of the party and contributed to its electoral defeat. The resigned AIADMK MLAs were not promised tickets for the by-elections,” he said. Asked why TVK had chosen to field the same former AIADMK lawmakers instead of its own candidates, he said: “The TVK leadership decided on fielding the same candidates to win the elections.”
