Clarification comes in backdrop of rumours about him joining politics like fellow actor Vijay, after latter announced the launch of his new party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam.
AIADMK is finally in grip of Jayalalithaa protégé EPS after a bitter factional battle. But while he is coming into his own, threats linger — from ally BJP to rival O. Panneerselvam.
The expelled AIADMK leader, among three others, reacted to allegations of the Arumughaswamy committee after the panel called for an investigation against Sasikala.
Under the scanner are former AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala, Jayalalithaa’s personal physician Dr K.S. Sivakumar and others associated with the deceased leader’s 75-day hospital stay.
At AIADMK general and executive council meeting scheduled for 23 June, EPS camp is expected to push for single leadership of the party. OPS camp wants meeting postponed.
Her appeal, days after returning to Tamil Nadu after serving four years in jail, appears to be a signal for truce with the ruling AIADMK ahead of the polls, likely in April.
V.K. Sasikala returned to Tamil Nadu Monday to a grand reception, days after completing her 4-year jail term in Bengaluru in a Rs 66.6-crore disproportionate assets case.
Lawyer of Sasikala, in jail for 4 years now in Rs 66 crore disproportionate assets case, says the close aide to late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa could be released this month.
“They’ve been blaming our party—blaming Nehru—for the delay in Hyderabad’s annexation. By giving Razakar an award, what message are we sending out?” a senior Muslim leader of Telangana Congress said.
Return to hyphenation is dreaded because our successive govts have laboured for three decades to rid us of what we see as the equivalence big powers used to draw between us and Pakistan. Three things follow.
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