Expelled AIADMK Chief VK Sasikala Left Politics, Letter Said
Chennai:
VK Sasikala, the expelled former head of Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK, who was released from a Bengaluru jail in January and was expected to challenge party control and the post of Chief Minister in next month’s elections, “will stay away. of politics and public life “.
In her letter, Ms. Sasikala, a confidante of the late former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, wrote: “I have never sought power or position, even when Jaya was alive. I will not do so after her death. I will stay away from the policy. to guarantee the ‘golden rule’ of AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. “
“I will pray to god and my sister (Jayalalithaa) for the victory of AIADMK (and) I will urge the supporters of AIADMK to work together and defeat the DMK (the main opposition). I urge the party cadres to work to uphold their legacy.” , He said. additional.
Sasikala also thanked the BJP, which is allied with AIADMK, for “working to unite AIADMK to ensure that votes are not divided as in the 2019 elections.”
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls the BJP-AIADMK alliance was demolished; the BJP was excluded and the AIADMK only got one seat. The opposition DMK-Congress alliance won the remaining 38 seats.
Hours before Ms. Sasikala’s letter was released, the BJP said AIADMK would take the last call to accommodate her at the party. Until now, the State party had ruled out the possibility of Ms Sasikala or her nephew, TTV Dhinakaran and her Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) entering the fold.
Last week he said, “like our amma (Ms Jayalalithaa) wished, “AIADMK and AMMK should contest the polls together.
Last month, 66-year-old VK Sasikala, fresh out of jail and recovered from a coronavirus infection, took the first step to regain her once dominant position. He filed a statement in a Chennai court against Prime Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Senior Deputy Minister O Panneerselvam.
The case was to be heard on March 15.
Sasikala had taken over as head of the party after Jayalalithaa’s death in December 2016, and was ready to take office when she was sentenced to four years in prison for corruption.
Before going to jail, he chose Palaniswami, or EPS, who was then a rival of Mr. Panneerselvam, or OPS, who had rebelled against Ms. Sasikala’s claim, to take office. However, in her absence, the two men patched up and removed her from office and from the party.
His return once again sparked unrest in a party that has never fully recovered from the leadership vacuum left by the death of the charismatic and powerful Ms. Jayalalithaa.
In January, EPS, after a meeting with the BJP leadership, said that VK Sasikala would not be retracted.
At the height of his power, VK Sasikala was a hugely influential force within AIADMK, and he was expected to be a key player in this election.
Tamil Nadu votes for a new government in a single phase on April 6, with the results due to be presented on May 2.
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