CHENNAI: With more senior leaders joining the Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam 's camp, AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on Saturday visited the Golden Bay Beach Resort at Koovathur near Mahabalipuram to hold talks with the MLAs who have been staying there.Sasikala, accompanied by partymen and supporters in several cars and SUVs, reached Koovathur around 4pm on Saturday. Her vehicle and other vehicles zipped past the waiting mediapersons and scores of villagers.Mediapersons' attempts to intercept her for an interview were thwarted by her supporters and policemen. Mediapersons, who were waiting around 2km from the resort, ran behind her vehicle in an effort to reach her. However, police blocked them.Residents, who had registered strong protest against the presence of large number of outsiders in their otherwise peaceful hamlet, gathered in large numbers and raised slogans against the police.They went on to the extent of raising slogans appealing to the MLAs to support OPS. "Podungama vottu OPS pathu" (cast your vote looking at OPS) slogans reverberated the air.Several AIADMK senior leaders, including former MLAs and office-bearers, have joined the Panneerselvam camp. Two MPs and minister 'Ma Foi' Pandiarajan have joined the OPS camp triggering panic in Sasikala camp.Sources said AIADMK general secretary sensed that as time passed more and more ministers, legislators, MPs and party functionaries would shift to the Panneerselvam camp and decided to speak to the MLAs in person in an effort to keep them in her camp.Earlier in the day, Sasikala showed impatience as the Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has not invited her to form the government despite she staking claim on Thursday.Meanwhile, sources said not all the 94 MLAs staying in the resort had given written declarations that they have been staying here voluntarily. More than half of them reportedly refused to give any written declaration. This too caused panic in Sasikala camp.Their efforts to convince the MLAs turned futile. Sources further added that when Sasikala's attempts to convince them via video conference failed, she decided to meet them in person.More than a dozen ministers are staying in a resort at nearby Poonthandalam.

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