Accusing the DMK of no longer being a party for Tamils and that there was no place in the party for “committed and true workers”, DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva’s son Suriya Siva joined the BJP.
While joining BJP on Sunday, May 8, Suriya told The Hindu that DMK’s strength was its cadre who are committed to the party and said the party did not care about them.
“He is intimidating my wife and her mother with consequences,” he had said, in response to which Tiruchi Siva had refuted the allegations.
However, Tiruchi Siva told the Times of India at the time that he was “worried about Suriya’s future and life” and that he did not threaten them but was concerned about their “age difference”.