AIADMK crisis: 22 MLAs join Dhinakaran camp, claims DMK president Stalin

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A day after the two rival AIADMK factions came together, a new crisis seems to be brewing inside the party. Twenty-two legislators decided to stand with party deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran and withdrew support to Chief Minister Edapaddi Palaniswami.

Earlier today, the rebel MLAs met the Governor CV Rao and said that they have no confidence in the Chief Minister K Palaniswami. DMK President MK Stalin also demanded a trust vote.

Here are the Live news updates of the new crisis engulfing AIADMK:

22 August 2017

22 August 2017 15:36 IST

What is the problem? Let them go to Pondicherry!: P.Vetriivel,Dinakaran-Sasikala camp on question of MLAs being moved to a Puducherry resort pic.twitter.com/Wc2B0XWVCb

— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2017

22 August 2017 15:35 IST

Our priority is party, government may come and go but we have to safeguard party, says P Vetriivel, TTV faction on MLAs withdrawing support from Tamil Nadu government: ANI