Chennai, Nov. 27 -- Having spent half a century of his political career in the AIADMK, former minister KA Sengottaiyan, expelled from the party, has teamed up with Vijay and appointed as the Chief Coordinator of film-star turned politician's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

From being the AIADMK's Organisation Secretary before being thrown out in the cold for throwing the gauntlet at his bete noire and AIADMK general Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), he has now become the Chief Coordinator of the TVK on joining the party today, along with few of his prominent supporters, including former MP, Sathyabama and two former legislators.

Old habits die hard, and Sengottaiyan had kept a photograph of late Jayalalithaa in his pocket even as he...