No merger soon: AIADMK OPS camp says Palaniswami did not meet key demands

OPS dissolves 7-member committee formed to hold talks with EPS

The merger between the two AIADMK factions, one led by O Panneerselvam and the other by Edapadi Palaniswami, has hit a road block. The former chief minister and late chief minister J Jayalalithaa's close aide, Panneerselvam, announced that he has dissolved the committee he had set up to hold talks with the Palaniswami camp.

In a letter issued on Sunday evening, Panneerselvam said that he had dissolved the seven-member panel formed in April to hold merger talks between the two AIADMK factions.

The Panneerselvam camp, which presently has 12 MPs and 11 legislators, also said that the Palaniswami faction has not honoured