Around 12,000 officials of other parties as well as those from DMK joined AIADMK in the presence of party supremo and Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. A total of 11,967 persons from opposition parties like DMK, DMDK and TMC enrolled themselves to the primary membership of AIADMK in the presence of Jayalalithaa at a function. Welcoming the functionaries into her party's fold, Jayalalalithaa said their faith in AIADMK "will never go waste," and that they had a good future in it. She said,” AIADMK was a political movement with ‘true democracy’, and that her party strives to ensure the all-round development of the state”. she told the new comers "You have joined AIADMK realising this. You will be helpful in my endeavour in making Tamil Nadu numero uno,"