India, May 12 -- Just days after actor-turned-politician and newly-appointed chief minister of Tamil Nadu, C Joseph Vijay, was scrambling for support to form government in the state, AIADMK leader CV Shanmugham said on Tuesday that a faction of the party has decided to extend support to him.

Shanmugham's remarks come amid reports of rift within AIADMK, particularly with party chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami, also known as EPS, over whether or not to support Vijay.

However, Shanmugham claimed that his faction has the majority of party MLAs who have decided to support TVK.

A total of 47 candidates won from AIADMK in the recently held Tamil Nadu polls. While EPS has support of about 20-22 MLAs, Shanmugham claimed that he has the majority su...