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Wednesday, February 22, 2017,
Chennai
The Madras High Court on February 22 declined to grant any interim relief to the DMK, with respect to its petition questioning the manner in which the vote of confidence was won by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami in the Assembly, asked Leader of the Opposition and DMK party working president M.K. Stalin to produce video recordings to prove his charge that he was assaulted.
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Sunday, February 19, 2017,
Chennai
Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy comfortably won the vote of confidence in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, shortly after DMK unleashed an orgy of violence against Speaker P Dhanapal, with 122 votes for the motion , and 11 against (cast by the dissident group led by O Panneerselvam).
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017,
Chennai
V K Sasikala, AIADMK general secretary, convicted along with Jayalalithaa, V N Sudhagaran and Ilavarasi, commenced her journey from Chennai to surrender before the Bengaluru trial court as directed by the Supreme Court. Before leaving Chennai, she went to the Jayalalithaa memorial and paid respects to the departed leader.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, convicted to four years prison term in the Disproportionate Assets case, left the Kuvathur
resort on Feb 14 night, and began preparations for her journey to surrender before Bengaluru court.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
AIADMK legislature party leader and general secretary Edappadi Palanisamy met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at the Raj Bhavan here this evening and staked his claim to form a new government. He is said to have handed over a copy of the LP resolution, unanimously electing him as the LP leader, and a list of 126 party MLAs who were supporting him.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu Acting Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has invited AIADMK Legislature Party (LP) leader Edappadi Palanisamy and 11 others to meet him at Raj Bhavan here shortly. Edappadi Palanisamy will formally stake his claim to form the government.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
AIADMK minister K Pandiarajan, second-rung leaders like former ministers Natham Viswanathan, C Ponnaiyan, P H pandian and
other office-bearers who supported O Panneerselvam have been expelled from the party.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
Tamil Nadu minister for Public Works, Minor Ports and Highways Edappadi Palanisamy was on February 14 unanimously elected as
Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party shortly after V K Sasikala stepped down from the post in the wake of the Supreme Court
order convicting Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and two others in the Disproportionate Assets case.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2017,
Chennai
A crucial fact that the AIADMK party and the media have missed is that the Disproportionate Assets case is mainly about former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, and whether she is guilty or not. The Supreme Court judges have to find Jayalalithaa guilty in this case and convict her, and only then can they go on to Sasikala, Ilavarasi and V N Sudhagaran, the other three accused in the case.
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Monday, February 13, 2017,
New Delhi
The crucial Disproportionate Assets case judgement will be delivered on Feb 14, 2017, which could have a big impact on the political scenario in Tamil Nadu as V K Sasikala, AIADMK general secretary and CM-elect, is an accused in the case.
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Monday, February 13, 2017,
Chennai
Not willing to take things lying down, AIADMK general secretary Sasikala has asked TN Governor to provide her an immediate appointment today, for her to meet him along with the party MLAs regarding the party decision electing her as the CM candidate
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Saturday, February 11, 2017,
Chennai
Not willing to take things lying down, AIADMK general secretary has asked Tamil Nadu Acting Governor to provide her an immediate appointment today, for her to meet him along with the party MLAs regarding the need to take action on the Legislature Party decision asking her to take over as CM of Tamil Nadu.
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Saturday, February 11, 2017,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK is heading for a vertical split and loss of government, as a spell of President's rule looks likely, ending in fresh elections to the Assembly. The only way out for the AIADMK is to elect a new legislature party leader, other than Sasikala, from its MLAs and have this leader installed immediately as CM. The governor restriction is only for Sasikala but not to another leader of its MLAs.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017,
Chennai
A supremely confident Sasikala, speaking to mediapersons at her Poes Garden residence after a late-night meeting to counter O
Panneerselvam's salvo, said the AIADMK was fully intact and was together like a family, and pooh-poohed Panneerselvam's charges
against the party leadership. She also said he would be removed from primary membership of the party shortly.
