The news that former AIADMK minister and Virudhunagar South district secretary K.T. Rajendra Balaji is set to join the DMK has caused a stir in Tamil Nadu politics.
After the AIADMK suffered defeats in two consecutive Assembly elections, leaders from the party have been joining other parties. In particular, many AIADMK members have been taking refuge in the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.
In this situation, reports are abuzz that K.T. Rajendra Balaji, who is known as a staunch supporter of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami, is going to join the opposition DMK.
Following this, when K.T. Rajendra Balaji himself was asked the question, “News is coming out that you are going to join the DMK... is it true?”, he denied the report and lashed out in anger.

Speaking about this, he said,
"That is 100% false news. I was born into an ordinary family, and I was raised by the sweat of AIADMK workers and administrators. As a loyal worker to this movement and to its leader, Edappadiyar, I will travel in this party until the very end.
Those who cannot directly oppose me in politics take pleasure in spreading such news.
At one time, they spread news like, “Rajendra Balaji is going to join the BJP; he has boarded a plane, he has gone to Delhi.” Spreading false news like this every year gives some people joy.
Those who joined T.V.K. for the sake of positions are spreading such a message on Instagram and WhatsApp with a few young people. Let them spread it for their own happiness.
A few people from the A.I.A.D.M.K. are being lured with promises and brought into T.V.K. Many who worked for T.V.K. to come to power are still in that party. They can be honored by giving them the appropriate responsibilities. Instead of that, it is wrong to try to tarnish the party by luring those in the A.I.A.D.M.K., which ruled Tamil Nadu for 32 years. Because of this, A.I.A.D.M.K. workers are also extremely angry with T.V.K.

Last time, when the AIADMK government ended and the DMK government came to power, they filed a case against me. During the AIADMK’s ten-year rule, they dug up all the files related to me and scrutinized them to see whether there was any flaw anywhere or any tender irregularity. But nothing like that was found.
Immediately after that, they filed a false case against me, saying, “He cheated people out of money by promising to get them jobs in Aavin,” and intimidated me, arrested me, and even lodged me in Trichy prison. Even during that difficult period, I did not lose heart; I remained loyal to the movement.
When the truth is like this, how can I leave the AIADMK and join another party?
"K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji will remain the backbone of the AIADMK until the end. I will be one of Edappadiyar's army commanders!" he said firmly.
