Clash, commotion prevailed while welcoming EPS

CHENNAI: Ahead of the AIADMK emergency executive committee meeting, the cadre from various parts of the state started to gather at the party headquarters in Royapettah from Sunday noon itself.

When around 2 pm, the general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami reached the MGR Maligai, cadre from Velacherry and Mannivakkam tried to overtake each other to welcome their leader EPS and clashed near the gate.

The cadre also tried to attack the journalists who were trying to report the clash. Due to this, commotion prevailed there in the party office for about 30 minutes.