Four former AIADMK Ministers join TVK amid fresh wave of defections

Four former ministers from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam quit the party and joined the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam on Saturday, The Hindu reported.

They are MC Sampath, NR Sivapathi, Kadambur C Raju and Udumalai K Radhakrishnan. Except for Sivapathi, the other three had contested and lost the Assembly elections in May.

Sampath had contested from the Cuddalore constituency, Raju had contested from Kovilpatti in the Thoothukudi district and Radhakrishnan was in the fray from Udumalpet in the Tiruppur district.