Former AIADMK ministers appointed to senior posts in Tamil Nadu’s TVK
TVK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has appointed several former AIADMK ministers who recently joined the party as deputy general secretaries. Other new appointees include political figures linked to the DMK and a former MP named district secretary in Tiruppur.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has appointed several former AIADMK ministers to senior positions in the party. The appointments were announced on Friday, September 25, 2026.
The former AIADMK ministers have been named deputy general secretaries after joining the TVK in recent months. Those appointed include M.S.M. Anandan, M.C.
Sampath, Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, K.V. Ramalingam, M.
Anandan, Kadambur C. Raju, K.T. Pachaimal, Vellamandi N.
Natarajan, N.R. Sivapathy, S.S. Vaigai Selvan and S.
Valarmathi. J. Sundeep Anand, the son of DMK MP S.
Jagathratchakan, was also appointed deputy general secretary. K.G. Muthu Venkateshwaran, Thollamur Kannan and V.C.R.
Kumaran received the same party designation. Former MP C. Mahendran, who had also served as an MLA, was appointed secretary of the Tiruppur suburban district unit.
The appointments add to earlier organisational positions given to former AIADMK leaders who joined the TVK. The source material identifies C. Vijayabaskar and M.R.
Vijayabaskar among those who had already received party posts. The announcement came as the party continued to assign organisational responsibilities to recently joined political figures. The supplied report did not provide details of the appointees’ specific duties or any response from AIADMK, the DMK or other parties.
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