Chennai, May 13 -- The internal crisis within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) deepened on Wednesday as senior leader and MLA CV Shanmugam mounted a sharp attack on party General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), accusing him of presiding over "continuous defeats," weakening the organisation and expelling dissenting voices, even as the party faced mounting factional tensions and disciplinary action against rebel MLAs.

The development comes amid a political churn within the AIADMK in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, where reports of internal dissent and factional divisions have intensified. The situation has been further complicated by allegations of support extended by a section of party MLAs to the ruling TVK governme...