India, May 12 -- Amid clear signs of a divide within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay visited AIADMK MLA CV Shanmugam's residence in Chennai on Tuesday. Shanmugam is one of the leaders heading the camp that is supporting TVK's Vijay.

This comes after reports of a rift in AIADMK, with senior leaders SP Velumani and CV Shanmugam alleging that party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami wanted to join hands with archrival DMK to keep TVK away from the ruling saddle.

The two leaders also extended their support to the Vijay-led dispensation.

About 30 MLAs are believed to be in the rebel camp that has questioned Palaniswami's leadership following the party's defeat in the April 23 assembl...