DMK MLA MLA Ku Ka Selvam had met BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi. (File)
The DMK on Thursday expelled its MLA Ku Ka Selvam from the primary membership of the party after he virtually embraced the BJP.
The MLA's reply to the show cause notice sent by the party, when he was suspended on August 5 for violating party discipline and bringing disrepute, was ''unacceptable,'' the party said.
"The reply he gave was unacceptable and hence he is dismissed from the primary membership of the party and all his posts," DMK President MK Stalin said in a release adding the removal was a disciplinary action.
Asked on his dismissal from the DMK, Mr Selvam told PTI that he would consult his lawyers adding he would air his views later.
Recently, Mr Selvam praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met BJP chief JP Nadda in Delhi.
Virtually embracing the BJP, the MLA who was formerly the DMK headquarters office secretary and executive committee member had asked people to join the BJP.
The MLA had also visited the BJP headquarters ''Kamalalayam'' in Chennai and alleged "family politics" in the DMK.
He had said he was not considered for the west district secretary position in the city despite working for the DMK for over two decades and demanded "intra party elections".
Mr Selvam was with the Janaki faction of the AIADMK in the late 1980s following the death of AIADMK founder and then Chief Minister MG Ramachandran in 1987.
Former DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Assembly Deputy Speaker VP Duraisamy was another Dravidian party personality who had joined the BJP lately.