AIADMK setback continues: P Benjamin joins DMK alongside along with his supporters in Chennai | India Information
NEW DELHI: Former AIADMK minister P Benjamin has joined the DMK alongside along with his supporters, in a big political shift that provides to the persevering with exodus of leaders from the opposition celebration in Tamil Nadu.Benjamin joined the ruling DMK within the presence of celebration president and chief minister MK Stalin on the celebration headquarters Anna Arivalayam in Chennai on Wednesday.He was accompanied by a number of AIADMK office-bearers, together with Tiruvallur Central Get together District Ladies’s Wing secretary Yamini Ilayaraja, district college students’ wing secretary Dinesh and different functionaries who additionally switched sides.Senior DMK leaders TR Baalu, A Raja and RS Bharathi have been current on the occasion.Benjamin, a former deputy mayor of the Chennai Company, had served as a minister within the AIADMK governments led by J Jayalalithaa and later Edappadi Ok Palaniswami. His departure comes amid a sequence of defections from the celebration in current months.The AIADMK management has been coping with inner challenges, together with reported dissent amongst some MLAs in current political developments, additional weakening the celebration’s organisational energy.Benjamin’s exit follows a wider sample of defections, with a number of former AIADMK ministers, together with MC Sampath, NR Sivapathi, Kadambur C Raju and Udumalai Ok Radhakrishnan, lately becoming a member of the ruling TVK. Final month, former AIADMK MLA VNP Venkatraman additionally joined the DMK in Chennai.
