The internal crisis within the AIADMK has deepened further as the party's growing factional battle spread across district units in Tamil Nadu, triggering tensions and prompting police intervention in several places.

Supporters of Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and the rival faction led by former Ministers S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugham are increasingly engaged in a struggle for control, leading to party offices being locked and brought under security watch.