AIADMK factions announce merger; Panneerselvam to be deputy CM and FM

Party gets its two-leaf symbol back

The two factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), emerged in February, this year, after the demise of Tamil Nadu's former chief minister, J Jayalalithaa, announced the merger between the factions. The cabinet would be realigned to include the representatives of the O Panneerselvam faction, according to sources.

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who heads the ruling faction AIADMK (Amma), and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who heads the AIADMK Puratchi Thalivi Amma (PTA) faction, reached the party headquarters in Royapettah, Chennai, and shook hands announcing the merger. Both leaders arrived at the party headquarters after 2