The two factions in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) sorted their differences on Wednesday and withdrew the disqualification petitions against each other with assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar.AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami or EPS at a meeting with some party MLAs at his house in Chennai. (ANI)The political rift surfaced in the party, after 25 AIADMK legislators led by C Ve Shanmugam and S P Velumani faction voted in favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government during the May 13 floor test, while 22 MLAs led by Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) opposed it. Four MLAs among the 25 tendered resignations to join TVK.MLAs led by Velumani called on EPS at his residence in Chennai and expressed their support to him.Velumani flanked by senior party leaders C Vijayabhaskar and Agri S S Krishnamurthy from the EPS camp drove to the assembly secretariat and called on Prabhakar to withdraw the petitions they had earlier submitted seeking disqualification of the members of the two factions.Velumani said, “After the elections, we expressed certain views and took some decisions that were seen as being supportive of the ruling party. They (Palaniswami faction) had submitted a petition seeking the disqualification of our 25 members. Likewise, we had also submitted a petition seeking their disqualification. Now, both sides have withdrawn the petitions.”Also Read: AIADMK cries ‘horse-trading’ after 4th Tamil Nadu MLA resigns in 24 hours, seeking to join TVKAcknowledging that there were only ‘differences of opinion’ among the lawmakers, Velumani said, “Edappadi K Palaniswami is still our party’s general secretary. Victory and defeat are natural in politics and within a party. There is no difference of opinion on that.”He said they suggested EPS convene the party’s general council meeting and also form a committee for which the general secretary said he would consider them one by one.“We have made our stand clear and the ruling side has also clarified its position. We are all united. There are no conflicting views. Everyone in the party remains united,” he said.On the AIADMK’s request to withdraw their petitions, Prabhakar said he would make a formal announcement on his decision based on the representations given by AIADMK on Wednesday.During the April 23 Assembly polls, the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu won 53 seats with the Dravidian party alone securing victory in 47 assembly segments.