Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday called on the warring factions of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to reconcile.
Shah's comment came at a time when the two warring camps of Tamil Nadu's ruling party were holding merger talks, fuelling speculations that the AIADMK would join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
According to media reports, Shah had appointed four senior members of the BJP to hold talks with the two factions of the AIADMK, earlier this week.
Shah, who is on a 110-day tour of the country with an eye on the 2019 General Elections, is scheduled to visit Tamil Nadu for three days between August 22 and 24.
The two factions led by former chief minister O Paneerselvam and chief minister E Palaniswami have been fighting over the question of leading the party since the death of chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
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