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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, 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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Tuesday, April 18, 2017,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK (Amma) on April 18 night removed party deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran and his family from the party in accordance with the wishes of all sections of the party and to continue the government in an united manner, Finance Minister D Jayakumar announced to mediapersons in Chennai.
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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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Thursday, February 16, 2017,
Chennai
The AIADMK Legislature Party got a shot in the arm in their fight against rebel O Panneerselvam as Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao finally invited the LP leader Edapaddi K Palaniswami to form the government. The Governor, bowing at least to the sheer weight of numbers in favour of the LP, asked EPS to seek a vote of confidence in the Assembly within 15 days.
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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 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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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
AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala announced the expulsion of presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan from primary membership and all posts after he joined hands with O Panneerselvam on Feb 9.
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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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Tuesday, February 7, 2017,
Chennai
Outgoing Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam made a sudden visit to the Jayalalithaa memorial on February 7 night and was meditating for over half an hour, causing a flutter in Tamil Nadu.
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Sunday, February 5, 2017,
Chennai
O Panneerselvam has stepped down yet again from the post of Tamil Nadu chief minister. V K Sasikala has been unanimously elected as AIADMK general secretary and is expected to take over as CM shortly.
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Friday, January 20, 2017,
Chennai
AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on January 20 reviewed the situation relating to Jallikattu with party leaders, and instructed
CM O Panneerselvam and senior party leaders to make arrangements for holding the Jallikattu at the earliest in accordance with the
wishes of the people. The stage is set for an early Jallikattu event at Vaadivaasal.
