3 Ex-AIADMK MLAs Jump The Ship, Join Thalapathy Vijay's TVK | Oppn Alleges Horse Trading

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Tamil Nadu's opposition AIADMK, still trying to recuperate from the defeat in the recently held assembly polls and the subsequent vertical split over support to Vijay's TVK for government formation, has suffered another setback. Three MLAs of the AIADMK resigned today and joined Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. Aragatham Kumaravel, Jayakumar and Sathyabhama were said to be from the camp of SP Velumani. The MLAs met Tamil Nadu minister Aadhav Arjuna, who is also a key aide of Vijay, sources said. Accompanied by Arjuna, the MLAs then went to meet the Speaker and handed their resignation, which got accepted. The AIADMK has called it horse-trading, pointing out that the MLAs were joined by Aadhav Arjuna before they had even submitted their resignations. "This is a planned move," the party said. The DMK's organising scretary RS Bharathi said, "hyaram diyaram has started in Tamil Nadu" . The demand to join hands with Vijay was the issue over which a section of party MLAs fell out with part

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