India, May 16 -- As the internal rift continues within the AIADMK, party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami met the new district secretaries at his residence on Friday to discuss the future course of action, even as the rebel group led by SP Velumani and CV Shanmugam also organised a meeting to consider the possibility of moving the court to find a solution.

The AIADMK chief had removed from party posts, senior leaders including Velumani, Shanmugam and C Vijayabaskar in the wake of the rift and cross-voting in the TVK Government's confidence vote on Wednesday, which the ruling party won comfortably.

At present, Palaniswami has the support of 22 MLAs, while the rebel faction led by Velumani and Shanmugam is backed by 25 AIADMK legi...