Tamil Nadu:3 AIADMK MLAs resign and join VIJAY's TVK

In Tamil Nadu, Speaker Prabhakaran has accepted the resignation of 3 AIADMK MLAs. Earlier, three party MLAs, Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabama, and Jayakumar, on Monday tendered their resignation to Assembly speaker JCD Prabakaran at the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat. All three MLAs also met Tamil Nadu Minister and TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna to join hands with the party.
Now,bye-elections will be held for these Madurantakam, Dharapuram and Perundurai constituencies, along with Trichy East, from where Chief Minister Vijay had tendered his resignation after winning two seats. Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabama, and Jayakumar had won Madurantakam, Dharapuram and Perundurai seats, respectively. The three MLAs were among the 25 AIADMK legislators who had defied the party leadership and voted in support of the TVK government during the Assembly floor test, triggering a major political controversy within the party.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu: AIADMK MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabama, and Jayakumar resigned after meeting Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar at the Secretariat, then joined Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in the presence of Election Management General Secretary Aadhav Arjuna… pic.twitter.com/tLCBmfZ7Fa

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AIADMK had won 47 seats in the elections; these resignations will bring down their tally to 44 seats. The party has been facing an internal rift since the Assembly elections. Vijay's floor test turned into an ADMK versus ADMK showdown after 25 of the party MLAs led by CV Shanmugam voted for the TVK. Although the CM Vijay-led TVK had the support of 119 MLAs, it passed the floor test with 144 votes.
The floor test exposed divisions within the AIADMK legislature party, with one faction supporting party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and another group backing the government during the vote. The rebel faction was led by Shanmugam and Velumani, both considered influential leaders within the party organisation.