Mumbai, Nov. 27 -- In Tamil Nadu, senior politician K.A. Sengottaiyan formally joined Tamilaga Vetri Kalagam (TVK) on 26 November, a day after resigning from the state assembly. The party, founded by actor-turned-politician Vijay, has appointed the 77-year-old leader as its Chief Organiser.

Sengottaiyan, who spent nearly fifty years in the AIADMK, was expelled from the party in October. He last won the Gobichettipalayam Assembly seat in 2021. Once a close supporter of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, he had earlier been removed from all organisational roles, including Organisation Secretary and District Secretary for Erode (Rural West).

He began his political career in the 1970s as the Panchayat President of Kullampalayam in Coimbato...