Sasikala Aiadmk

The year long (2021-22) golden jubilee celebrations of the AIADMK's founding began on Sunday, and it was marked by a renewed and an open attempt by VK Sasikala to get back control of the party by harping on ''unity'' mantra.

VK Sasikala, who announced in March that she will "stay away from politics and public life", paid floral tributes at the memorials of former chief ministers Jayalalithaa, MG Ramachandran and CN Annadurai along the Marina today.

Eleven properties linked to expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala have been seized by the Income Tax Department, sources said today.

Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's wife Vijayalaskshmi died today at a Chennai hospital following a cardiac arrest. She was 66.

Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala today visited the party's hospitalised presidium Chairman E Madhusudhanan, with her visit creating a flutter in the state political circles.

Seeking to play down expelled general secretary VK Sasikala's purported interaction with party workers, AIADMK co-coordinator K Palaniswami today said her telephonic conversations will not impact the 1.5 crore cadre-based organisation.

Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar on Wednesday slammed VK Sasikala, confidante of late party supremo J Jayalalithaa, for attempting to create confusion in the party using "audio politics" and for trying to "divide and rule."

Fresh audio clips of VK Sasikala, the ousted chief of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, speaking to party functionaries sympathetic to her political return have surfaced, in which she can be heard saying "there is a need to lead the party in a fair way".

VK Sasikala, the ousted chief of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, was heard in a purported audio clip, saying that she will "come soon and set the party straight". The clip emerged a day after the opposition party sacked 15 people she spoke with recently.

Telephonic conversations between ousted AIADMK chief VK Sasikala and some of her supporters are giving mixed signals about her political plans, months after her release from jail and the AIADMK's defeat in the Tamil Nadu assembly election.

VK Sasikala hinted at a political comeback, by telling her supporters that there would soon be a "good decision."

The name of VK Sasikala, the confidante of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been "removed" from the voters' list without her knowledge and it is an "injustice", she has said through her legal counsel. She was sad about it, he said.

Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has indicated that though Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisami has categorically ruled out return of VK Sasikala to the party, he feels it can be considered.

In response to allegations that he only became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at Sasikala's behest, Edappadi K Palaniswami, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, said he was chosen for his merit. "I got the position because of my experience and knowledge... It did not come immediately. I was MP, MLA, minister, then chief minister," EPS said.

TTV Dhinakaran, the chief of the AMMK, denied today that his tie-up with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM would help Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and its ally BJP by splitting the opposition votes in the state election next month. In an interview to NDTV, Mr D

The year long (2021-22) golden jubilee celebrations of the AIADMK's founding began on Sunday, and it was marked by a renewed and an open attempt by VK Sasikala to get back control of the party by harping on ''unity'' mantra.

VK Sasikala, who announced in March that she will "stay away from politics and public life", paid floral tributes at the memorials of former chief ministers Jayalalithaa, MG Ramachandran and CN Annadurai along the Marina today.

Eleven properties linked to expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala have been seized by the Income Tax Department, sources said today.

Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's wife Vijayalaskshmi died today at a Chennai hospital following a cardiac arrest. She was 66.

Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala today visited the party's hospitalised presidium Chairman E Madhusudhanan, with her visit creating a flutter in the state political circles.

Seeking to play down expelled general secretary VK Sasikala's purported interaction with party workers, AIADMK co-coordinator K Palaniswami today said her telephonic conversations will not impact the 1.5 crore cadre-based organisation.

Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar on Wednesday slammed VK Sasikala, confidante of late party supremo J Jayalalithaa, for attempting to create confusion in the party using "audio politics" and for trying to "divide and rule."

Fresh audio clips of VK Sasikala, the ousted chief of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, speaking to party functionaries sympathetic to her political return have surfaced, in which she can be heard saying "there is a need to lead the party in a fair way".

VK Sasikala, the ousted chief of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, was heard in a purported audio clip, saying that she will "come soon and set the party straight". The clip emerged a day after the opposition party sacked 15 people she spoke with recently.

Telephonic conversations between ousted AIADMK chief VK Sasikala and some of her supporters are giving mixed signals about her political plans, months after her release from jail and the AIADMK's defeat in the Tamil Nadu assembly election.

VK Sasikala hinted at a political comeback, by telling her supporters that there would soon be a "good decision."

The name of VK Sasikala, the confidante of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, has been "removed" from the voters' list without her knowledge and it is an "injustice", she has said through her legal counsel. She was sad about it, he said.

Tamil Nadu's Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has indicated that though Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisami has categorically ruled out return of VK Sasikala to the party, he feels it can be considered.

In response to allegations that he only became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at Sasikala's behest, Edappadi K Palaniswami, in an exclusive interview to NDTV, said he was chosen for his merit. "I got the position because of my experience and knowledge... It did not come immediately. I was MP, MLA, minister, then chief minister," EPS said.

TTV Dhinakaran, the chief of the AMMK, denied today that his tie-up with Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM would help Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and its ally BJP by splitting the opposition votes in the state election next month. In an interview to NDTV, Mr D