As the ensuing drama about the merger between E Palanisamy and O Panneerselvam faction nears an end, team EPS gets more jitters as DMK, Executive President, MK Stalin, threatened to topple the government. However, the AIADMK regime is not entirely out of trouble as the moment DMK leader MK Stalin arrived, he released a statement threatening the State government. Stalin said, "AIADMK government is using force to crush protest, but DMK will not quietly watch such acts. But, using the government employees struggle as a prelude Stalin delivered his message. The opposition holds 99 MLAs which is not going to hurt EPS government, but if TTV's magic number of 20 AIADMK MLAs adds to the equation, EPS' government cannot sustain.

Source: India Today August 20, 2017 18:00 UTC