Chennai, Nov. 27 -- Expelled AIADMK veteran leader KA Sengottaiyan on Wednesday resigned as MLA of Tamil Nadu's Gobichettipalayam assembly constituency and met Vijay in Chennai later in the day, reportedly to join the TVK, people privy to the development said.

77-year-old Sengottaiyan, a nine-term legislator who has been with the AIADMK since its founding by MG Ramachandran (MGR) in 1972, met Assembly Speaker M Appavu at the Secretariat and submitted his resignation letter, people in the know said.

When asked about him joining TVK on November 27, Sengottaiyan told reporters, "Please wait for a day." A day ago, Sengottaiyan evaded questions on joining TVK but instead said everyone knows how he was punished.

"I've worked in the party for...