Chennai, May 28 -- Rival factions in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday patched up and withdrew petitions seeking to disqualify MLAs from each other's camps, signalling a truce nearly two weeks after an internal rift surfaced during the confidence vote for the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government. Former minister SP Velumani, who led the rebel camp along with CV Shanmugam, met AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday at his Chennai residence along with several legislators and expressed support for his leadership. The leaders later met Speaker JCD Prabhakar and withdrew the disqualification pleas submitted by both factions under the anti-defection law. After the meeting, Velumani denied any split in the party and described the episode as a "difference of opinion". "There is no split in the AIADMK, as was projected in the media. There was only a difference of opinion, and it has now been set right," he added.P9...