As party chief VK Sasikala expelled him, Tamil Nadu's interim Chief Minister O Panneerselvam urged legislators of the ruling AIADMK to "sink differences, work together and keep the party united to continue Amma's good rule." He then sent a team of supporters to the five-star resort near Chennai where Ms Sasikala has just had her loyalist and the state's PWD minister Edappadi K.Palanisamy elected to head the AIADMK in the assembly.