India, May 27 -- Factions within the AIADMK reportedly patched up on Wednesday after rebel MLAs led by former minister SP Velumani met party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami at his residence and extended their support to his leadership.

Around 13 legislators accompanied Velumani during the meeting, news agency PTI reported. However, former minister Shanmugam - who had earlier joined Velumani and other MLAs in urging the party to back the TVK government - was notably absent.

Soon after meeting Palaniswami, Velumani, along with former minister Dr C Vijayabaskar, supporting MLAs and senior leaders including Agri SS Krishnamurthy, met Tamil Nadu assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar and submitted a letter stating that they would function a...