Arun Kumar (Coimbatore North), one of the rebel AIADMK MLAs, exchanged pleasantries with him and had a brief conversation. Even during the budget speech of the Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Kumar and another OPS faction MLA V.C. V. Alexander (Ambattur), who sat between Mr. Arun Kumar and Mr. Arukutty, was also seen chatting with them. Breaking breadAt one point, T. Nagar MLA B. Sathyanarayanan and a few others even quietly shared snacks with the rebel MLAs. Incidentally, the AIADMK has removed only Mr. Panneerselvam and Mr. Pandiarajan from the primary membership of the party.

Source: The Hindu March 16, 2017 19:07 UTC