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Tamil Nadu Assembly: Churning in AIADMK becomes evident with split over Leader of Legislature Party post

In the morning, a letter, purportedly signed by a group of AIADMK legislators stating that Mr. Palaniswami had been elected the Leader of the Legislature Party, was submitted to the Pro-tem SpeakerM.V. Karuppaiah. In the evening, Mr. Shanmugam presented a letter claiming support for the leadership of Mr. Velumani.