The Week

Two weeks after the dissent, the AIADMK factions patched up on Wednesday, with the rebel camp officially claiming that there was no split in the party and that it was only a difference of opinion. The AIADMK legislative party had split into two factions with one led by its general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and the other led by its Coimbatore strongman S.P. Velumani and Villupuram stalwart C.Ve.Shanmugam. A batch of the rebel MLAs, who voted in favour of the TVK government during th