More Trouble For EPS As AIADMK Faces Fresh Leadership Churn After Poll Loss

Fresh signs of turbulence have emerged within the Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK after the party's newly-elected MLAs arrived at the Assembly in two visibly separate groups, triggering speculation of a growing challenge to the former chief minister's leadership.

While a larger bloc of legislators reportedly came under the leadership of senior AIADMK leader SP Velumani, a smaller group accompanied EPS, as Palaniswami is known. The optics have intensified chatter over a possible demand for a change in the party's legislature leadership.