Former AIADMK minister from TN Ponnusamy joins BJP

New Delhi: Former union minister E Ponnusamy on Saturday joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in Delhi.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah formally welcomed E Ponnusamy later at a meeting in Delhi.

E Ponnusamy was earlier a member of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the regional political party of Tamil Nadu.

He had supported Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palanisamy during the split of AIADMK into Sasikala and EPS-OPS faction in 2017.