Chennai: Public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Saturday that 90% of AIADMK cadres were ready to join TVK.An event was organised at TVK headquarters in Panaiyur near Chennai where thousands of cadres and functionaries from other parties joined TVK in the presence of party general secretary N Anand, Aadhav and senior ministers, including K A Sengottaiyan. Former AIADMK minister Gomathi Srinivasan, movie director and former AIADMK functionary R V Udhayakumar and actor Mansoor Ali Khan were some prominent personalities who joined TVK. TVK MLA from Cumbum P L A Jagannath Mishra dissolved his party, Namathu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, and merged it with TVK.At the meeting, Aadhav said that with AIADMK cadres joining, TVK can win almost all seats in local body elections. “Because AIADMK attempted to join hands with DMK to form govt, 90% of AIADMK cadres are ready to join TVK. The late chief minister M G Ramachandran’s AIADMK and TVK now are the same. We will join together and face bypolls and local body elections. We will set a record of winning 99% of local body seats — something no other party has ever achieved,” he said. “We will be the biggest force in TN,” he added.The PWD minister said TVK leadership will honour every person in the party based on their work. “TVK is not a party that will do business with its posts. Our party leader will give posts according to each person’s work,” he said.Anand added, “Many who join the party don’t expect posts. Even some former MLAs who have joined the party have said they don’t need posts and just want to work under our chief minister C Joseph Vijay.”
