India, Feb. 27 -- The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is facing fresh turbulence as two former confidants of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa step up their attacks on party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), at a time when the party is struggling to recover from three successive electoral defeats.

The internal churn comes days after Jayalalithaa's close aide V K Sasikala announced the launch of a new political party and unveiled its flag, declaring her intention to contest the upcoming elections.

Launching a sharp attack on EPS, Panneerselvam accused him of being "arrogant and autocratic," while praising DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin for what he described as good governance, incl...