Chennai, May 27 -- The two factions in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) sorted their differences on Wednesday and withdrew the disqualification petitions against each other with assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar.

The political rift surfaced in the party, after 25 AIADMK legislators led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani faction voted in favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government during the May 13 floor test, while 22 MLAs led by Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) opposed it. Four MLAs among the 25 tendered resignations to join TVK.

MLAs led by Velumani called on EPS at his residence in Chennai and expressed their support to him.

Velumani flanked by senior party leaders C Vijayabhaskar and Agri S S Krishnamurthy...