AIADMK chief Palaniswami holds meeting with party MLAs from TN at pvt resort in Pondy

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday held a meeting with the newly elected MLAs from Tamil Nadu at a private resort near Ariyankuppam on the outskirts of Puducherry.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday held a meeting with the newly elected MLAs from Tamil Nadu at a private resort near Ariyankuppam on the outskirts of Puducherry. Nearly 40 legislators were present at the meeting, which lasted nearly one hour. Party sources said that Palaniswami asked the MLAs-elect to remain united and be patient. ''Good things will emerge and hence you should all remain united and patient in the resort in the next couple of days,'' he told the MLAs. The development comes amid TVK's attempts to secure a majority in the 234-member strong Tamil Nadu Assembly. The Congress party, which has 5 MLAs, has already extended support to the TVK. In the TN Assembly election, the TVK has won 108 seats, the DMK 59, AIADMK 47, Congress 5, PMK 4, IUML 2, CPI 2, CPI-M 2, and the VCK 2. The BJP, DMDK and AMMK have got 1 seat each. TVK is five short of the required 118 MLAs to form its first government in Tamil Nadu. Puducherry AIADMK state secretary and lone MLA A Anbalagan, along with party functionaries received Palaniswami at the resort.