Shanmugam's statement has sent shockwaves across the party amid the efforts of both the top leaders to win the baton of the entire leadership.

On Friday, OPS took part in Murmu's nomination ceremony in Delhi which was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several BJP bigshots.

Notably, Salem is the native place of Edappadi Palaniswami against whom Panneerselvam has been locking horns over the party's leadership.

From Edappadi Palaniswami's anger at a former minister to a shocking slogan from a cadre, the meeting had a lot to offer. Let's take a look at them.

The slogan of labelling OPS as the betrayer was high in a fashion that had exhibited the magnitude of friction against him in the party.

Amid the recent hotbed in the ADMK that exhibited the magnitude of the leadership crisis within the party, both EPS and OPS have attended the meeting with a vivid support wave for EPS.

For the ADMK cadres, the days of waiting for the meeting had ended in minutes amid the fact that the years-long leadership crisis is still been boiling. 

The Madras High Court had a midnight hearing on Wednesday and passed an order at 4 am on Thursday in which it banned the talks of the unitary leadership in the key meeting.

The recent events suggest that Panneerselvam's prospect of becoming the party's General Secretary is dimming. 

The top meeting would go as planned and the preparations are underway in Chennai and amid the leadership crisis, the climax is brewing to witness the winner of the battle.