They spit on us: MLA on how his constituents forced him to dump Sasikala

He had to switch over to Panneerselvam's side after his constituents forced him to dump Sasikala

He wears a thick ring on his finger with a massive ‘A’ inscribed on the chunk of gold. VC Arukutty is a hefty man, sweating profusely as he waits for his leader, Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam (OPS) to finish an interview with a local news channel.

Arukutty is honest and forthright in his admissions, even at the expense of him cutting a figure worthy of ridicule. A two-time MLA from Goundampalayam in Coimbatore district for the ruling AIADMK party in Tamil Nadu and originally in the pro-Sasikala camp, Arukutty decided to jump ship and landed up at OPS’s