AIADMK senior leader K.A. Sengottaiyan was expelled from the party for meeting T.T.V. Dhinakaran and O. Panneerselvam at Pasumpon. A veteran politician, Sengottaiyan began his career in the DMK, joined AIADMK in 1972, and served as minister in multiple portfolios under MGR, Jayalalithaa, and EPS.