Chennai: Former AIADMK minister and veteran chief Okay.A. Sengottaiyan is prone to be a part of actor-turned politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) as its basic secretary, ThePrint has learnt from sources within the TVK in addition to these near the chief.

In line with senior functionaries, Sengottaiyan will formally be a part of the celebration on 27 November within the presence of Vijay. One of the skilled directors within the AIADMK, the 76-year-old chief can be anticipated to resign his MLA submit earlier than the swap. 

Sengottaiyan, a seven-time MLA from Gobichettipalayam and a former college training minister, was considered one of many organisational pillars of the AIADMK. 

On 5 September, Sengottaiyan gave a 10-day deadline to celebration’s basic secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami to reunite all breakaway leaders, together with TTV Dhinakaran and O. Panneerselvam, with the celebration.

Nonetheless, on 6 September, he was divested of all celebration positions. Subsequently, on 30 October, Sengottaiyan shared the stage with breakaway leaders TTV Dhinakaran, O. Panneerselvam and V.Okay. Sasikala on the Thevar Jayanthi occasion in Mudukulathur in Ramanathapuram district. 

The subsequent day, Palaniswami revoked his main membership of the celebration.

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Essential 2026 polls

Sengottaiyan’s transfer to TVK comes at a time when Vijay is in search of to construct an skilled management construction forward of the 2026 Meeting elections.

Sengottaiyan was AIADMK’s Erode district secretary because the days of MGR. He first entered the Tamil Nadu Meeting in 1977 from Erode’s Sathyamangalam constituency and was generally known as a loyal MGR man.

After MGR’s dying, J. Jayalalithaa relied on three leaders and Sengottaiyan was one among them. When the previous chief minister started her first statewide tour in 1989 after MGR’s demise, Sengottaiyan (then her election strategist) was mapping the routes and overseeing the logistics.

Political analyst Durai Karuna stated his experience in marketing campaign tour planning would assist the TVK, which is struggling to map its tour throughout the state. A stampede at a celebration rally in Karur on 27 September left 41 lifeless. 

TVK insiders imagine that Sengottaiyan’s entry will lend the celebration administrative sharpness and political credibility. “Vijay sir needs seasoned leaders who know run a celebration. Sengottaiyan’s steering will likely be essential,” a TVK functionary informed ThePrint.

(Edited by Ajeet Tiwari)

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