Chennai: Former AIADMK minister and veteran chief KA Sengottaiyan is prone to develop into the overall secretary of actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), ThePrint has realized from TVK officers and other people near the chief.
Sengotaiyan will formally be part of the occasion on November 27 within the presence of Vijay, senior officers stated. The 76-year-old chief, one of many AIADMK’s most skilled directors, can also be anticipated to step down as MLA earlier than he’s changed.
“He’ll go away for Chennai tonight and submit his resignation tomorrow. The induction ceremony will probably be held the subsequent day,” a supply near Sengotaiyan advised ThePrint.
Sengottaiyan, a seven-time MLA from Gobichettipalayam and former college schooling minister, was thought-about one of many organizational pillars of the AIADMK.
On September 5, Sengotaiyan gave occasion basic secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami a 10-day deadline to reunite all defecting leaders, together with TTV Dhinakaran and O. Panneerselvam, with the occasion.
Nevertheless, on September 6, he was stripped of all occasion positions. Subsequently, on October 30, Sengottaiyan shared the stage with breakaway leaders TTV Dhinakaran, O Panneerselvam, VK Sasikala and others on the Thevar Jayanti occasion held at Muduklathur in Ramanathapuram district.
The following day, Palaniswami was stripped of his occasion’s principal membership.
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Key polls in 2026
Mr. Sengotaiyan’s transfer to TVK comes at a time when Mr. Vijay is trying to construct an skilled management construction forward of the 2026 meeting elections.
Mr. Sengottaiyan had been AIADMK’s Erode district secretary because the MGR period. He first turned a member of the Tamil Nadu Meeting from Erode’s Sathyamangalam constituency in 1977 and was often known as a loyal MGR man.
After MGR’s demise, J. Jayalalithaa turned to a few leaders, Sengottaiyan being one in all them. When the previous chief minister started his first state-wide tour in 1989 after the collapse of MGR, Mr. Sengotaiyan, then an election strategist, mapped the route and supervised logistics.
Political analyst Durai Karna stated his experience in election tour planning will assist TVK, which is struggling to plan excursions throughout the state. On September 27, a gang assault at a celebration rally in Karur left 41 individuals lifeless.
TVK insiders imagine Sengotaiyan’s entry will enhance the sharpness of occasion administration and political credibility. “Vijay sir needs an skilled chief who is aware of the way to run a celebration. Mr. Sengotaiyan’s steering will probably be crucial,” a TVK official advised ThePrint.
(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)
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