The Sasikala camp has refrained from acting against the 11 AIADMK MLAs who have been supporting Panneerselvam and so defied the party whip and did not vote for CM Edappadi Palaniswami during the confidence vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The Mannarguddi mafia fears that if the MLAs are disqualified, fresh elections would be held in their constituencies and this may expose Sasikala's unpopularity. For the same reason, the party may hesitate to take action against the nine Lok Sabha MPs who have spoken out against Sasikala and who could vote differently from the party line in Parliament. However, this has not prevented the ruling AIADMK from issuing a notice to OPS to vacate his ministerial bungalow in Chennai, which was allotted to him in 2012. Although the former CM is entitled to stay on in a government bungalow for two months on the payment of market rent, he has decided to shift to a private residence.