TN political crisis continues as Sasikala meets MLAs again on Sunday: As it happened

Amidst the intense power struggle within ruling AIADMK, the O Panneerselvam camp on Sunday got a boost with three more MPs extending support to the Chief Minister.

Pic courtsey: ANI

Chennai: Support grew on Sunday for Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, locked in a bruising feud with AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala for power, with five more MPs crossing over to his camp.

Four Lok Sabha MPs--Jaisingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee (Tuticorin), Senguttuvan (Vellore), RP Marutharaja (Perambalur) and S Rajendran (Villupuram) met Panneerselvam at his Greenways residence this morning and pledged support to him, taking the number of MPs backing him in the fight to 10.

Rajya Sabha MP R Lakshmanan also switched over to the Panneerselvam camp, provoking an embattled Sasikala to sack him as the party's Villupuram (North) district chief.

12 February 2017

21:38 IST

#WATCH: #VKSasikala breaks down while addressing AIADMK MLAs at Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/t5BYySbqwQ

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

21:38 IST

Shedding crocodile tears,passing new remarks every day is not going to help. Will prove everything in assembly: Panneerselvam on Sasikala