As the tussle had grown stronger, the meeting concluded by just adopting resolutions against the Central government and not confirming who would be the Chief Ministerial candidate. 

The upcoming polls would be the real test for the Chief Minister if he wishes to stay as the captain in sailing the party's ship, that has been broken by the dissents and debacles. 

In what has been seen as an apparent boycott, the Central leadership has shocked the state leaders by dropping off the office-bearers from the state.

To reach the temple which is hundreds of kilometers far from his native, he hired a helicopter and flown to the temple from Coimbatore on the chartered chopper along with his family members. 

What? Yes, they got the membership card and the card issued to Donald Trump had shown that he belongs to the Egmore assembly constituency in Chennai.

The family of the hospitalized member said that Mariappan was attacked with the intent to annihilate his political growth and aspirations. 

As the order had confused the fans, they have been losing their hope that Rajinikanth will start a political party ahead of the assembly polls.

In the absence of the popular face of the party, the intra-politics has been emerging as a tussle against the leaders when its stronghold in the state has already been getting eroded ahead of the assembly polls. 

The 2021 assembly polls would be the first polls for the party after the demise of Jayalalithaa and the first for Edappadi Palaniswami as the Chief Minister who hopes to become a perfect successor for the late leader. 

Named as 'Ellorum Nammudan' (Everyone is with us), the party has set a target of enrolling at least 25 lakh new members in 45 days through the new membership drive.