Former AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP K. Malaisamy on Saturday joined the BJP at the party’s national executive meeting in Bengaluru.

Mr. Malaisamy was expelled from the AIADMK last May when he made remarks favourable to Narendra Modi a few days before the Lok Sabha election results came out.

Speaking to The Hindu over phone, he said he was “extremely loyal” to the AIADMK leadership and fulfilled his responsibilities as a parliamentarian honestly. “Just before the election results, I told a news channel that Mr. Modi will likely be the Prime Minister. This was not taken well by AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa, who in a spur of the moment removed me from the party,” he alleged. Having waited for over 10 months for a call from the AIADMK, he said he decided to move to the BJP.

Along with Mr. Malaisamy, daughter of lyricist Kannadasan Vishali Kannadasan also joined the BJP on Saturday.