Senior AIADMK leader and former minister KA Sengottaiyan issued an ultimatum to the party leadership on Friday, 5 September, to unite the organisation, which now stands divided. Addressing the media at Gobichettipalayam in Erode, he said that the AIADMK could win only if it took back those who had left the party. He said those who had left were not asking for positions or responsibilities in the party, but wanted to be taken back into the fold.