Chennai, May 12 -- The newly elected legislators from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) attended the oath-taking ceremony for the 17th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on Monday in two groups, deepening the impression of a rupture in the party after it bagged 47 seats in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly.

AIADMK legislators have traditionally gathered together at the assembly entrance and entered the house as a united bloc at the start of house sessions or oath-taking ceremonies. This time, party MLAs, came in two separate groups, one led by former chief minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami and another led by leaders, CV Shanmugam, and SP Velumani.

The two AIADMK groups sat separately in the assembly during the ceremony a...