K.P. Ramalingam, former DMK MP and a close aide of Stalin's brother MK Alagiri, joined the BJP on Saturday. The development comes on a day when Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Tamil Nadu.
Ramalingam was suspended from all posts of DMK for his "anti-party activities" in March.
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The former DMK leader's move will only strengthen the BJP and weaken the DMK and its base, according to BJP's National General Secretary and in-charge of party's TN unit C.T. Ravi.
"With Union Home Minister Sri @AmitShah coming to Chennai today, LOTUS (BJPs election symbol) is going to bloom across Tamil Nadu in a very BIG way," said Ravi in a tweet.
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Ramalingam is the second leader from DMK to have joined BJP in recent times.
Earlier, former Assembly Deputy Speaker V.P. Duraisamy had also joined BJP after quitting DMK.
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