In a dramatic escalation of internal turmoil within AIADMK, 34 MLAs including former ministers CV Shanmugam, SP Velumani and C Vijayabaskar held a separate meeting in Chennai after returning from the Puducherry resort, raising strong possibilities of extending support to actor Vijay’s TVK. With more than two-thirds of the party’s 47 MLAs involved, the rebels are protected under anti-defection law
