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

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

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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

DMK's MK Stalin wrote to Tamil Nadu Governor CV Rao requesting to direct Edappadi K Palaniswami to prove his majority in the assembly immediately: ANI

TTV Dinakaran, AIADMK deputy general secretary and nephew of jailed general secretary VK Sasikala, has sacked party member and lawmaker Vaithilingam following his comment on Sasikala yesterday, reported ANI.

"We have told the Governor that we will be taking steps to change Chief Minister K Palaniswami," said Sasikala-Dinakaran loyalist Thangathamizh Chelvan while speaking to a television channel.

Thimirappa, a TTV Dinakaran/Sasikala supporter outside Dinakaran's residence in Chennai pic.twitter.com/k6yfW4UaMn

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#Visuals TTV #Dinakaran supporting 19 MLAs arrive at Raj Bhawan to meet TN Governor C Vidyasagar Rao #AIADMKMerger pic.twitter.com/IUzeCPOVft

— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2017

Earlier today, 19 MLAs supporting TTV Dinakaran met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at Raj .

The two factions of the AIADMK – one lead by O Panneerselvam (OPS) while the other led by Chief Minister Edapaddi Palaniswami (EPS) – merged on Monday. The party also sacked the now jailed VK Sasikala as general secretary.

TTV Dinakaran supporting MLAs reach his residence ahead of their meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor CV Rao, reported ANI.