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Veteran politician Chaturon Chaisang's defection from the Pheu Thai Party to join the Thai Raksa Chart Party has underscored the former ruling party's election strategy, which is to stem the expanding political base of the pro-regime party, according to political experts.

Veteran politician Chaturon Chaisang yesterday led a group of Pheu Thai Party members to join its Thai Raksa Chart "offshoot" amid speculation that this forms part of the former ruling party's election strategy to secure as many votes as possible with its allies.

Chaturon Chaisaeng departed from the Pheu Thai Party on good terms on Monday to join the Thak Raksa Chart Party (TRCP) and avoid what he called a "constitutional trap" designed by the regime to prevent any single party from dominating parliament.

More Pheu Thai Party heavyweights have migrated to the pro-regime Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), dealing a further blow to the former ruling party which has already been rattled by high-profile defections.