Chennai, April 17 -- Days after firming up the deal in returning back to the NDA fold, AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami has withdrawn a long-standing civil suit against his bete noire and AMMK Founder T.T.V. Dhinakaran over the alleged misuse of the AIADMK party flag.

Mr Dhinakaran along with another ousted leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam were already part of the NDA alliance even before the ties were revived by the BJP with the Dravidian major for the 2026 Assembly polls.

Mr Dhinakaran is the nephew of V K Sasikala, a close confidante of late AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa. Ms Sasikala who was elected as interim general secretary of the AIADMK in the aftermath of...