The budget for the 2026-27 financial year is being presented in the Legislative Assembly. For this budget session, the AIADMK members who had come were split into two groups and entered the Assembly.

The budget session began at 10 a.m. For this, Edappadi Palaniswami arrived at the Assembly complex around 9:30 a.m. He was welcomed by MLAs such as Agri Krishnamurthy and R. Kamaraj, who escorted him into the House.
Only after Edappadi Palaniswami had gone into the chamber and half an hour had passed did the party’s other team, S.P. Velumani’s team, arrive. Along with Velumani came C.V. Shanmugam and K.P. Anbalagan. Even during the vote on the no-confidence motion, the two factions voted alternately. For the motion of thanks on the Governor’s address as well, both sides had come separately.

'Sasikala and TTV should be brought together again. Our old positions should be restored to us,' S.P. Velumani had recently said. Following that, when it is seen that they are also coming to the Assembly as a separate team, it is clearly evident that 'the fight within the AIADMK has still not ended.'
