India, May 15 -- Rival factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday submitted petitions to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs after the party split over extending support to the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).

A delegation led by senior AIADMK leader K P Munusamy, who belongs to the faction headed by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, met the Speaker and later visited Lok Bhavan, the Governor's official residence, seeking disqualification of 25 MLAs aligned with leaders C Ve Shanmugham and S P Velumani.

The rival faction also met the Speaker and sought disqualification of 22 MLAs backing the Palaniswami camp, a senior party leader s...