In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, former Chief Minister and senior AIADMK leader O. Panneerselvam (OPS) formally joined the DMK on Friday. Panneerselvam joined the DMK in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, in Chennai. 

As reported by news agency IANS, Panneerselvam, who had been expelled from the AIADMK amid an intense internal power struggle, had subsequently launched the AIADMK Volunteers’ Rights Recovery Committee and began functioning independently.