Chennai, May 13 -- After 25 AIADMK MLAs supported the ruling TVK in the floor test, CV Shanmugam on Wednesday questioned the whip and said that the party MLAs signed no resolution to confirm Edappadi K Palaniswami as the legislative party leader.

Although the CM Vijay-led TVK had the support of 120 MLAs, it passed the floor test with 144 votes amid an ADMK versus ADMK showdown in the Assembly.

Addressing a press conference, Shanmugam alleged that a party MLA meeting for the election of assembly leader, deputy leader and whip, as claimed by EPS, was never held. He noted that C Vijaya Bhaskar was the AIADMK Whip in the Assembly and claimed that the party whip cannot be appointed directly by the party's general secretary. EPS had claimed K...