Chennai, Feb. 27 -- In a major boost to the already formidable ruling DMK Front's Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), ousted AIADMK leader and three time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Friday joined the DMK along with his supporters in the run up to the crucial Assembly polls due in few weeks.

Accompanied by his son and former Lok Sabha MP P Ravindranath Kumar and his loyalist Ayyappan, sitting MLA from Usilampatti constituency, OPS drove down to the DMK party Headquarters "Anna Arivalayam' in the city and formally joined the DMK in the presence of Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin, proving the adage that there are no permanent friends or foes in politics, right.

OPS was given a rousing welcome reception on his arr...