Chennai, June 15:
Faced with massive exodus following successive poll defeats, the AIADMK suffered yet another setback with popular actress and Party Deputy Propoganda Secretary Gautami Tadimalla on Sunday quit the party to focus on social work.
Gautami, who had joined the AIADMK on February 14, 2024 after a long stint spanning over 25 years with the BJP, ended her two year stint today by resigning from the party and from the post of Deputy Propoganda Secretary.
In a letter sent to the AIADMK high command, she said with a heavy heart she was resigning from the primary membership of the party and also from the party post in view of the current political situation and to focus more on social service.
She actively campaigned for the AIADMK-led alliance during the recent Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections.
She thanked all the AIADMK cadres, including former Ministers, headquarters office bearers, MPs, MLAs and members of various wing of the party for extending their support to her.
Apart from being a popular actress having shared screenspace with top actors like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, she is also a renowned costume designer, social worker, and entered politics by joining the BJP in 1997 and served the party 25 years before resigning from it in October 2023, citing lack of support from senior leadership regarding a personal property dispute.