Senior AMMK functionary joins AIADMK

Yet ar senior functionary of TTV Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) quit party and joined ruling AIMK on Monday. AMMK Organisation Secretary Siva Rajamanickam quit party and enlisted himself as a primary member of AIMK after calling on Chief Minister K Palaniswami, a party release here said. Palaniswami is also AIMK Joint Coordinator while Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam is Coordinator.

Dhinakaran's AMMK, which fared poorly in April 18 Lok Sabha polls in state, has been facing defections ever since, with many senior functionaries and leers close to Dhinakaran, himself an MLA, parting ways with him. Many including former state Minister Esakki Subbiah have returned to AIMK fold, even as three dissident ruling party MLAs who h been siding with Dhinakaran, also came back.