AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami sharpened his attack on dissident KA Sengottaiyan and expelled leaders O Panneerselvam, Sasikala, and TTV Dhinakaran, calling them “betrayers.” Warning they would be “isolated,” EPS recalled the 2017 crisis, defended ties with the BJP, and credited the Centre with safeguarding AIADMK post-Jayalalithaa’s death.