The two factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Wednesday withdrew disqualification petitions against each other’s MLAs, and reached a truce two weeks after the rift surfaced, the Hindustan Times reported.The rift had taken place after 25 AIADMK MLAs led by former ministers CV Shanmugam and SP Velumani voted in favour of the new Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government during the floor test on May 13. Of the 25, four MLAs – Maragatham Kumaravel, Sathyabama P, Jayakumar S and Esakki Subaya – resigned from the party and joined the TVK.Twenty-two MLAs led by former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had voted against the government led by Chief Minister Vijay.On Wednesday, Velumani said that both factions had withdrawn petitions before the Assembly speaker that had sought that the legislators from the other group be disqualified, The Hindu reported. Speaker JCD Prabhakar confirmed that he had received the letters seeking withdrawal, and said that he would announce his decision on Thursday.Velumani maintained that there had been no division or split among the AIADMK MLAs.“We have urged the general secretary [Palaniswami] to constitute a committee to introspect on the electoral defeats faced by the party,” the MLA said, according to The Hindu. “He said he would take it up step by step.”There had only been “differences of opinion” among the legislators, the Hindustan Times quoted Velumani as having claimed.“Edappadi K Palaniswami is still our party’s general secretary,” he asserted. “Victory and defeat are natural in politics and within a party. There is no difference of opinion on that.”On Monday, the day when three AIADMK MLAs joined the TVK – five other rebel legislators – SM Sukumar, P Hari Bhaskar, K Mohan, Dileepan Jaishankar and NSN Nagaraj – had crossed over to the faction led by Palaniswami, The Hindu reported.On Tuesday, Subaya resigned as an AIADMK MLA and crossed over to the TVK, while another MLA, P Balakrishna Reddy, extended support to Palaniswami.With this, the strength of the rebel group came down to 15 from 25.In the Assembly elections, the AIADMK won 47 seats out of the 167 constituencies it contested.The TVK emerged as the single-largest party on its electoral debut, winning 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly. However, it fell short of the majority mark of 118 and required the support of smaller parties to form the government.Vijay took oath as the chief minister on May 10, and won the vote of confidence three days later.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.