Overview
- Sengottaiyan resigned as Gobichettipalayam MLA on November 26 and formally entered TVK in Vijay’s presence the next day in Chennai.
- TVK assigned him a senior organisational role overseeing Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur and the Nilgiris to build the party’s machinery in the west.
- Supporters travelled from his home turf to join him, with former AIADMK MP V. Sathyabama among those inducted into TVK.
- The nine-time legislator was expelled by AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami after he pushed to readmit O. Panneerselvam, T. T. V. Dhinakaran and V. K. Sasikala.
- Political observers and party insiders say his entry strengthens TVK’s prospects in the Kongu region ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, even as EPS declined comment and BJP leaders downplayed the impact.