Chennai, May 11 -- An internal rift within All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) became evident on Monday during the oath-taking ceremony of MLAs at the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as the legislators were seated in separate groups inside the House.

According to sources, MLAs aligned with the party's General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and another faction associated with CV Shanmugam sat separately during the oath-taking proceedings, highlighting the reported internal differences within the party.

This comes days after the 28 AIADMK MLAs reportedly were accommodated at a private resort in Poorankuppam in Puducherry during the intense political activity over government formation in Tamil Nadu after TVK's Vijay emerged...