DMK President Stalin said that the party's flag at the offices would fly at half-mast due to the demise of the veteran leader. 

Vijay had served as the Tamil Nadu Health Minister when Jayalalithaa was the state's Chief Minister.

In his statement, Stalin said that Selvam has been violating the party regulations, bringing dishonor to the party, and for indulging in anti-party activities. 

The DMK has, on Thursday, permanently dismissed Selvam from the party by citing that he had violated the party regulations and he has been bringing dishonor to the party.

With less than one year away for the state elections, BJP's remarks, minister's statements, and controversies had burdened the ADMK party to hit the campaign trail, amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Ku Ka Selvam has called the fellow DMK members to quit the party and join BJP as the functionaries above 55 years of age have no future in the DMK.

The DMK leadership has sent a show-cause notice for the legislator asking him to respond on why he should not be removed from the primary membership of the party.

While responding to the question on the party's action against him for meeting the BJP leaders, Selvam vowed that the party can take action against him if it's possible. 

DMK's MLA Selvam will be officially joining BJP in Delhi in the presence of BJP's National President JP Nadda at around 4.30 pm on Tuesday.

Congress leaders stated that if these children opt for the Karunanidhi scheme, they would be opting out of the Rajiv Gandhi scheme.