K. Ramasubramanian, who was state secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Tamil Nadu, joined the AIADMK on July 28 in the presence of party general secretary J. Jayalalithaa.
Ms. Jayalalithaa issued him a membership card on the occasion. Mr. Ramasubramanian unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections last year from Coimbatore parliamentary constituency on a BSP ticket.