Tamil Nadu Today: Fourth AIADMK MLA joins TVK after resignation

Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription

The View From India Looking at World Affairs from the Indian perspective.

First Day First Show News and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming.

Today's Cache Your download of the top 5 technology stories of the day.

Data Point Decoding the headlines with facts, figures, and numbers

Health Matters Ramya Kannan writes to you on getting to good health, and staying there

The Hindu On Books Books of the week, reviews, excerpts, new titles and features.

In yet another blow to the AIADMK, former Minister and Ambasamudram MLA Esakki Subaya resigned from his post and joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Mr. Subaya was among the 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs, headed by former Minister S.P. Velumani, who voted in favour of the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led government during the vote of confidence.

His resignation comes after three other AIADMK MLAs of Mr. Velumani’s faction resigned as legislators and later joined the TVK. Following the resignations, the four Assembly constituencies have been declared vacant.

Meanwhile, AIADMK legislators belonging to the faction led by party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami met Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar at the Secretariat and submitted a petition. Speaking to reporters, Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy said the Speaker should not have accepted their resignations as disqualification proceedings under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution were pending against them.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Nadu to review a November 2025 decision that termed the State’s challenge to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir cum Drinking Water project as “premature”.

The review petition was dismissed by a Bench of the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justices Vinod K. Chandran and Vipul M. Pancholi on April 15. The order was only published recently.

A day after Tamil Nadu government under Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced crop loan waiver, AIADMK, BJP and AMMK criticised Tamil Nadu government for the move.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said the TVK, in its election manifesto, assured to completely waive off loans of farmers who held up to 5 acre of land. But now, instead of using land as the criterion (for crop loan waiver), the government has considered money as the yardstick, engaging in the biggest deception.

A 44-year-old fisherman drowned in the sea and three others from Nagapattinam district were rescued after their fibre boat cap