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Sengottaiyan says 15 more AIADMK members may leave
Tamil Nadu Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan says 15 more people may leave the AIADMK soon.
He said those considering leaving met on Monday to discuss the move.
Sengottaiyan was expelled from the AIADMK by party leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami and is now the State’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister.
He said the expulsion had worked in his favour because he would otherwise still be in the opposition.
The possible departures could add to changes within the AIADMK, which Sengottaiyan described as having lost political strength.
He did not name the people he expects to leave or say when they might do so.
K.A. Sengottaiyan said 15 more people were likely to leave the AIADMK soon.
He said those planning to quit had met on Monday to discuss the issue.
Sengottaiyan, Tamil Nadu’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister, said this on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
He said AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami had expelled him from the party.
- Who
- K.A. Sengottaiyan, Tamil Nadu’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister.
- What
- He claimed 15 more people were likely to leave the AIADMK soon.
- When
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
- Where
- Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Sengottaiyan said people planning to leave the AIADMK had met to discuss the issue.
Sengottaiyan said 15 more people were likely to leave the party soon.
- Potential departures
- 15 people
- Party
- AIADMK
- Minister
- K.A. Sengottaiyan
- Meeting date
- October 12, 2026
- Statement date
- October 13, 2026
What people are saying
It is a good thing that Edappadi K. Palaniswami expelled me from the AIADMK. Had I not left the party, I would still be sitting in the Opposition benches. Look where I am now.
The AIADMK has become a story of an elephant shrinking to the size of an ant,
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