Overview
- Gautami Tadimalla posted a letter on X on June 14 resigning her primary AIADMK membership and her post as deputy propaganda secretary and said she will step back from active politics to continue social service.
- She addressed the letter to AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami and thanked party leaders, functionaries and local cadres in the message.
- Gautami did not announce any move to another party and has said she will focus on social work rather than seeking a new political post.
- Her exit follows a recent wave of defections from AIADMK, including a reported induction of more than 300 former members into the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam at Panaiyur last week, and several senior functionaries switching sides.
- Gautami’s brief recent political path helps explain the attention the resignation drew: she left the BJP in October 2023, joined AIADMK in February 2024, became deputy propaganda secretary later that year, and campaigned for the party in the 2026 assembly elections.