Overview

• Following an urgent huddle in Dindigul, the party removed Sengottaiyan from Organising Secretary and Erode Suburban West roles and stripped six to seven of his local loyalists of responsibilities.
• Calling the move undemocratic, the nine-time MLA vowed to keep pushing for readmission of expelled leaders and said six senior colleagues had already urged such unity after the Lok Sabha defeat.
• Expelled or sidelined figures including V. K. Sasikala and O. Panneerselvam backed his call, while T. T. V. Dhinakaran condemned the action and tied future alignments to fresh decisions by AIADMK and NDA actors.
• Local fallout was immediate, with about 300 supporters in Erode resigning party posts in protest, according to district-level announcements.
• The confrontation has sharpened scrutiny of AIADMK’s place in the NDA and its 2026 strategy, even as BJP leaders publicly framed the dispute as an internal matter.