Sasikala Nephews

Ousted former AIADMK chief VK Sasikala's sudden announcement on Wednesday night that she will "step aside from politics and public life" clearly means Advantage AIADMK and a setback to her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran.

It may not be VK Sasikala that Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK is targeting. Aside of a few utterances against the former party chief following her release from jail a few days, her protege-turned-baiters and former party functionaries have largely maintained a studied silence. Yet, it is also increasingly apparent that her nephew and independent legisl...

TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala, will not get the pressure cooker symbol for his party, the AMMK (Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam). Instead, the Supreme Court ordered the Delhi High Court today to take a decision on who should get the two leaves symbol of the AIADMK.

The Madras High Court today upheld the disqualification of 18 lawmakers loyal to ousted party leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran. Last year, the assembly Speaker had disqualified the lawmakers invoking the anti-defection law after they wrote to the governor seeking the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS.

TTV Dhinakaran, sidelined AIADMK leader and VK Sasikala's nephew, has launched his political party In Tamil Nadu today. The announcement for the party, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam, was made in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which recently saw the much-awaited launch of actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's party, Makkal Needhi Ma...

TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala who recently won the by-election to Chennai's RK Nagar - the seat represented by Tamil Nadu's iconic leader J Jayalalithaa - will launch his party on March 15. The programme, where the name and the flag of the party will be unveiled, will take place in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which saw...

In what seems like a setback for the opposition DMK and their leader MK Stalin, who campaigned hard ahead of the by-election in Chennai's RK Nagar, VK Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran has taken an early lead as votes are being counted today for the key constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ...

In a setback to jailed leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran, the unified AIADMK under O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami (EPS) has been recognized as the "real" party and granted use of the two-leaves symbol by the Election Commission, sources said today.

Nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption, VK Sasikala drove into her sister-in-law's house in Chennai, her home till Wednesday when her parole would end. But the homecoming would have been a disappointing sight for the former AIADMK chief, as only about 500 people had gathered to receive her. Among those waiting were a dozen women wh...

In a case that could decide the future of the E Palaniswami government in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court will today hear the country's former top law officer and former Union Ministers argue on a petition challenging Speaker's order disqualifying 18 lawmakers of the ruling AIADMK who support jailed VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

A crucial meeting of the merged factions of AIADMK will be held at the party headquarters to decide on the details of ousting jailed interim General Secretary VK Sasikala, and also to declare the actions taken by her nephew TTV Dhinakaran against party members, a senior AIADMK leader said

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...

The AIADMK party has now split into three factions, led respectively by O. Panneerselvam, Chief Minister K Palaniswami and AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran, said a party member.

Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...

Ousted former AIADMK chief VK Sasikala's sudden announcement on Wednesday night that she will "step aside from politics and public life" clearly means Advantage AIADMK and a setback to her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran.

It may not be VK Sasikala that Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK is targeting. Aside of a few utterances against the former party chief following her release from jail a few days, her protege-turned-baiters and former party functionaries have largely maintained a studied silence. Yet, it is also increasingly apparent that her nephew and independent legisl...

TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala, will not get the pressure cooker symbol for his party, the AMMK (Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam). Instead, the Supreme Court ordered the Delhi High Court today to take a decision on who should get the two leaves symbol of the AIADMK.

The Madras High Court today upheld the disqualification of 18 lawmakers loyal to ousted party leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran. Last year, the assembly Speaker had disqualified the lawmakers invoking the anti-defection law after they wrote to the governor seeking the removal of Chief Minister E Palaniswami or EPS.

TTV Dhinakaran, sidelined AIADMK leader and VK Sasikala's nephew, has launched his political party In Tamil Nadu today. The announcement for the party, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam, was made in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which recently saw the much-awaited launch of actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's party, Makkal Needhi Ma...

TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala who recently won the by-election to Chennai's RK Nagar - the seat represented by Tamil Nadu's iconic leader J Jayalalithaa - will launch his party on March 15. The programme, where the name and the flag of the party will be unveiled, will take place in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which saw...

In what seems like a setback for the opposition DMK and their leader MK Stalin, who campaigned hard ahead of the by-election in Chennai's RK Nagar, VK Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran has taken an early lead as votes are being counted today for the key constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ...

In a setback to jailed leader VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaran, the unified AIADMK under O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami (EPS) has been recognized as the "real" party and granted use of the two-leaves symbol by the Election Commission, sources said today.

Nearly eight months after she was jailed for corruption, VK Sasikala drove into her sister-in-law's house in Chennai, her home till Wednesday when her parole would end. But the homecoming would have been a disappointing sight for the former AIADMK chief, as only about 500 people had gathered to receive her. Among those waiting were a dozen women wh...

In a case that could decide the future of the E Palaniswami government in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court will today hear the country's former top law officer and former Union Ministers argue on a petition challenging Speaker's order disqualifying 18 lawmakers of the ruling AIADMK who support jailed VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran.

J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...

A crucial meeting of the merged factions of AIADMK will be held at the party headquarters to decide on the details of ousting jailed interim General Secretary VK Sasikala, and also to declare the actions taken by her nephew TTV Dhinakaran against party members, a senior AIADMK leader said

Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...

The AIADMK party has now split into three factions, led respectively by O. Panneerselvam, Chief Minister K Palaniswami and AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dinakaran, said a party member.

Days after her nephew TTV Dinakaran found himself behind bars in Delhi, AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala is making a bid to get out of the Bengaluru jail where she is serving a four-year jail term. On Wednesday, Sasikala filed a review petition against her conviction by the Supreme Court that had hauled her off to jail in February, arguing that...