The retrieval was made at around 2 pm on Monday - February 12 from the river where Saidhai Duraisamy's son Vetri Duraisamy drowned off days ago.  

By welcoming them into the saffron camp, Tamil Nadu BJP chief said that these former legislators bring a wealth of experience to the BJP and want to strengthen the hands of Prime Minister Modi

MGR, whose full name was Marudhur Gopalan Ramachandran, was born on January 17, 1917, in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

The break-up between ADMK and BJP had changed the political landscape in Tamil Nadu ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. 

ADMK had been a crucial player in the BJP's alliance for over four years and they endured a fragile friendship, that has finally got destroyed recently. 

Losing the ADMK in its alliance would cost BJP with more struggles and challenges to survive in a state like Tamil Nadu, where the anti-BJP electorate is getting rampant.

The decision has come days after several top ADMK leaders hinted about the exit as they scathingly attacked Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai for his incessant defamatory remarks against the ADMK. 

The ADMK-BJP alliance contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls for the first time and now, after four years, the parties are turning into foes. 

ADMK has been a largest ally of BJP and it was evident when EPS was seated next to Prime Minister Modi in a recently-held NDA meeting where the allied parties of BJP took part.

O P Ravindranath Kumar is the lone MP of ADMK in Lok Sabha and as his victory has been put on hold, the party will most likely lose its representation in the Lok Sabha.