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Thursday, April 22, 2021,
Chennai
For the moment, Sasikala’s dramatic rise (from rags to riches) and enjoying tremendous power in the company of Jayalalithaa have come to a stop. This may be a temporary arrangement till the polls are over.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021,
Chennai
Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala became the extra-constitutional authority and Tamil Nadu her fiefdom. Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence became a beehive of corruption as she and Sasikala set up at the residence, and acquired properties worth thousands of crores
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Friday, October 30, 2020,
Chennai
R K Raghavan, former head of CBI and IG Intelligence, Tamil Nadu, has described in his book his harsh encounters with the DMK and AIADMK governments in the State, including former chief ministers MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa. "Jayalalithaa was dangerously reckless, and paid the penalty for it”.
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Thursday, August 6, 2020,
Chennai
The capital need not be shifted from Chennai. Yet, the metropolitan centre badly needs a second capital to decongest Chennai which would be easier for people in southern districts of TN to access, like Tiruchi or Karur. A look at MGR, Jaya proposals on the Capital issue, and why they were made and shelved
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Saturday, April 18, 2020,
Chennai
There is nothing wrong in the AIADMK and BJP forging an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections as they were “natural allies”, said BJP National Executive member L Ganesan in an exclusive interview.
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Friday, April 17, 2020,
Chennai
A thorough probe needs to be ordered into the acts of the Election Commission both at the Centre and in the State regarding not just the nominations for the November 2016 by-elections but the manner in which the symbol was frozen and then allotted.
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Thursday, November 9, 2017,
Chennai
T T V Dinakaran, Sasikala’s nephew and general secretary of an AIADMK faction has alleged that the IT raids conducted against Sasikala family members in various parts of the country were carried out at the behest of Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and his AIADMK group and by the Centre with a view to drive them out from the political arena.
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Thursday, November 9, 2017,
Chennai
The IT department on October 9 morning raided the office of Jaya TV channel at Eekkaatuthangal in Chennai, and the premises of several relatives of V K Sasikala including Dinakaran, Dhinakaran, Vivek Jayaraman (Sasikala’s nephew) who runs the channel and Ilavarasi’s daughter in Tamil Nadu.
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Saturday, April 15, 2017,
Chennai
T V Mahadevan, nephew of AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala, died of cardiac arrest on Saturday, April 15, near Thiruvidaimarudhur in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017,
Chennai
The DMK has fielded a former mediaperson, N Marudhu Ganesh alias NM Ganesh, as its candidate for the RK Nagar by-election scheduled to be held in Chennai on April 12. DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan made the announcement in a press release on March 15.
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK has announced the candidature of Sasikala nephew and party deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran for the Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency by-election to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, while the DMK has fielded N Marudhu Ganesh. The bypoll has been caused by the death of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
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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,
New Delhi
The Supreme Court has overturned the Karnataka HC judge order acquitting Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and 2 others in the
Disproportionate Assets case, and upheld the trial order of Counha who convicted all the four to four years imprisonment.
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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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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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Friday, February 10, 2017,
Chennai
A well-crafted BJP strategy to lure AIADMK MLAs into their den through interim chief minister O Panneerselvam has run into trouble, as it did not expect strong resilience from majority of the AIADMK MLAs who have remained with Sasikala despite threats, temptation and instigation.
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Thursday, February 9, 2017,
Chennai
Expressing concern over reported attempts of O Panneerselvam to continue in power with the help of some opposition parties, former MP Vijayashanti has urged the Union government – especially M Venkaiah Naidu ,Minister for Urban Development,, to ensure that majority view of the AIADMK MLAs prevail and smooth transition of power.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017,
Chennai
The AIADMK quickly hit back at revolting O Panneerselvam by sacking him from the post of party Treasurer. He has been replaced
by Dindigul Sreenivasan as the party Treasurer. Dindigul Sreenivasan is Forest minister in the Tamil Nadu cabinet.
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Monday, February 6, 2017,
Chennai
Yet again, the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu Vidyasagar Rao chooses to absent himself from the State when he is expected to
discharge his duties towards the State. He is said to be delaying the swearing in ceremony
