Chennai, Sep 25 TVK founder and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday officially assigned key organisational responsibilities to 15 former AIADMK ministers and legislators who crossed over to the ruling party post the April Assembly election results.
Former Ministers M S M Anandan, M C Sampath, Kadambur Raju, K Radhakrishnan, and K T Pachammal who were part of the wave of former AIADMK heavyweights who shifted loyalties to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam have been appointed as TVK’s deputy general secretaries.
“Their appointments are part of the ongoing initiatives to strengthen the party’s organisational framework,” Vijay said in a statement here.
The move marks a significant consolidation of administrative and field experience within the TVK leadership, as it integrates senior leaders from the former ruling party into its core structure ahead of upcoming political challenges in the state.
Their appointments comes days ahead of the October 6 by-election in Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies where the TVK has fielded Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama – both former AIADMK MLAs – to the respective SC reserved constituencies from where they won in the April 2026 Assembly polls.
The deputy general secretaries are: M S M Anandan for Tiruppur North, M C Sampath for Cuddalore, K Radhakrishnan for Udumalaipet, K V Ramalingam for Erode West, M Anandan for Ulundurpet, Kadambur Raju for Kovilpatti, K T Pachamamal for Kanyakumari, Vellamandi N Natarajan for Tiruchirappalli East, N R Sivapathy for Musiri, Vaigaichelvan for Virudhunagar, S Valarmathi for Srirangam, J Sandeep Anand for Chennai, K G Muthu Venkateswaran for Tiruppur, Thollamoor Kannan for Villupuram and V C R Kumaran for Thiruvallur.
Further, former AIADMK MP C Mahendran has been appointed as district secretary for Tiruppur Suburban South District which includes Madathukulam Assembly Constituency.
(PTI News)
