12,000 functionaries from various opposition parties join AIADMK 
Tamil Nadu

12,000 functionaries from various opposition parties join AIADMK

Jayalalithaa said their faith in AIADMK "will never go waste," and that they had a good future in it.

Written by : PTI

About 12,000 functionaries of other parties including those from DMK joined AIADMK in the presence of party supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in Chennai.

A total of 11,967 persons from opposition parties like DMK, DMDK and TMC enrolled themselves to the primary membership of AIADMK in the presence of Jayalalithaa at a function in Chennai.

Welcoming the functionaries into her party's fold, Jayalalalithaa said their faith in AIADMK "will never go waste," and that they had a good future in it.

She said AIADMK was a political movement with "true democracy," and that her party strives to ensure the all-round development of the state.

"You have joined AIADMK realising this. You will be helpful in my endeavour in making Tamil Nadu numero uno," she told the newcomers.