CHENNAI, Dec. 29 -- A day after an AIADMK MP openly snubbed the BJP saying that either it should accept the chief ministerial candidature of Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) for the 2021 Assembly election or go its own way, a major firefighting operation has started at the highest level in Chennai to resuscitate the sinking partnership from a possible disaster.

The CM met Tamil Nadu BJP president L Murugan on Monday following intervention by Union Minister for Power Piyush Goyal, according to a source close to Murugan.

Though Murugan did not disclose what transpired in the meeting, the Chief Minister is believed to have told him not to take seriously the MP's warning to the BJP to the heart.

"Murugan said that it was for BJP national preside...