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The significance of the meeting was hard to miss. The Velumani-Shanmugam camp commands the backing of 30 of the AIADMK's 47 MLAs, and their support on the floor of the house on Wednesday could prove decisive in consolidating Vijay's majority beyond any doubt.
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The rebellion, led by SP Velumani and CV Shanmugam, left Palaniswami with the backing of just 17 legislators against the 30 who walked away. The Speaker has since allotted Palaniswami and Velumani separate seats in the front row of the assembly, a physical arrangement that says everything about where things now stand.
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AIADMK crisis: In a massive blow to Edappadi K. Palaniswami, a CV Shanmugam-led AIADMK faction has extended support to CM Vijay’s TVK government. As internal rifts widen, discover how this shift impacts Tamil Nadu's new ruling coalition and the future of the AIADMK.
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CV Shanmugam, who is a Rajya Sabha MP and one of the senior-most figures in the AIADMK, has served as Tamil Nadu's Law Minister and is widely regarded as a close associate of party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami.
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