The party release by Palaniswami stated that Udhayakumar, representing the Tirumangalam Assembly constituency, was elected as deputy leader of the Opposition.
ADMK's newly elected interim General Secretary EPS has directed a mass expulsion where he removed over a dozen of party functionaries in a single shot.
In his official statement, EPS has said that all these functionaries were expelled on the grounds of bringing disrepute to the party and for violating the party rules.
While both the leaders have been locking horns over who needs to head the party, VK Sasikala has turned heads by asserting that her only agenda is to unite the ADMK.
While his elevation has inflamed the political turmoil within the party, it is pertinent to say that EPS is rising in the party in the fall of the party's late supremo J Jayalalithaa.