After the DMDK joined the People’s Welfare Alliance rejecting the invitation from the DMK, many DMDK functionaries and cadre including the party’s north Chennai district secretary Yuvaraj joined the DMK last Wednesday in the presence of DMK president M Karunanidhi and party treasurer MK Stalin. Over 150 functionaries from the DMDK and the PMK joined DMK. DMDK founder Vijayakant appointed party MLA representing Egmore, T Nallathambi and two others as district in-charges