The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Friday expelled senior leader and former minister K.A. Sengottaiyan, ending his five-decade association with the party. The decision, announced by General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), follows rising internal friction over Sengottaiyan’s calls to reconcile with expelled figures V.K. Sasikala, O. Panneerselvam (OPS), and T.T.V. Dhinakaran.

Sengottaiyan, one of the AIADMK’s most senior members and a nine-time MLA, said he was “pained, sleepless and heartbroken" over his expulsion. “I was not even given an opportunity to explain myself," he said, recalling his decades of service under M.G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa.

Sources said Sengottaiyan’s expulsion was triggered by his public outreach to OPS and Dhinakaran, and

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