Former minister C Ponnaiyan, an MGR loyalist, on Saturday joined the camp of Tam

il Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam who has been expanding his support base+
over the last few days after revolting against AIADMK general secretary VK Sasik
ala.
Ponnaiyan dropped in at Pannereselvam's residence on Greenways Road in Chennai i
n the afternoon and extended support to him.
Ponnaiyan was a minister in all three MGR cabinets.
Earlier in the day, school education minister 'Ma Foi' Pandiarajan+ , Namakkal M
P PR Sundaram and Krishnagiri MP Ashok Kumar joined the OPS camp. Pandiarajan is
the first cabinet minister to join the Panneerselvam camp.
Other prominent AIADMK leaders who have extended support to Panneerselvam includ
e party presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan, Rajya Sabha member V Maitreyan and p
arty founding leader PH Pandian.