Speaking after the incident, Sasikala was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that now was the time to unite “for the welfare of the party and the people”.
Responding to the unveiling of a plaque named by Sasikala as the party’s general secretary, senior AIADMK leader and former minister D Jayakumar said he should not be asked to hoist the AIADMK flag or use the party’s name and claim himself to be the general secretary. have no right to do so.
Stone plaque at the venue. It identifies the former #AIADMK Leader as General Secretary of the party. #sashikala #AIADMK50 @indianexpress pic.twitter.com/rMeRV2qWFj
– Janardan Kaushik (ouskoushiktweets) October 17, 2021
“If Sasikala claims to be the general secretary of AIADMK, it is against the order of the court,” ANI quoted her as saying.
Earlier in the day, Sasikala also visited MGR’s Ramapuram residence and paid floral tributes at his statue and paid floral tributes to former CM Janaki Ramachandran.
On Saturday, she visited the memorial of late party chief Jayalalithaa for the first time since her release from Bangalore jail in February this year. In what can be seen as a sign of her desire to return to politics, Sasikala said she told the former CM everything that had happened so far within the party at his memorial, and assured him of a better future for the party.
Sasikala’s last visit to the memorial was in 2017 before she surrendered as a convict in the disproportionate assets case. He then took a vow by patting the marble slab of the memorial.
VK Sasikala on Saturday paid tributes at the memorial of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa at Marina Beach in Chennai. (PTI)
Sasikala’s visit in an impassioned atmosphere, followed by hundreds of followers by both her nephew TTV Dhinakaran and AIADMK’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK), was also the start of her state-wide tour, which was likely to begin from Thanjavur on October 27. After paying tearful tributes at Jayalalithaa’s memorial on Saturday, Sasikala told the media, “Amma (Jayalalithaa) was inseparable when she came into my life…. Here I was liberating myself from all the hardships that I had gone through in the last five years. I told him what had happened so far, and assured him of a better future for the party. I am sure Amma and Thalaivar (AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran) will save the party and our workers.
A close aide told The Sunday Express that Sasikala will meet party functionaries in Thanjavur on October 27, where she will also attend a family function. “In the next three days, she will address party meetings in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Ramanathapuram. At each place, indoor meetings are being planned for at least 1,000 people, leaving no doubt about their bigger political plans,” the source said.
After Sasikala’s release in February, her decision to stay away from politics during the assembly elections had shocked many. There was speculation that she was either avoiding a situation in which she was to contest directly against the AIADMK, or she was asked to stay away. BJP, which was an ally of the then ruling AIADMK, now led by former CM Edappadi K Palaniswami and then deputy CM O. panneerselvamThe leaders who had thrown him out of the party.
Meanwhile, AIADMK party leaders K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam were seen garlanding the statues of party founders MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa at Royapettah in Chennai on Sunday. The leaders said the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai at Avvai Shanmugam Salai would be named ‘Puratchi Thalaivar MGR Maligai (Revolutionary Leader MGR Castle)’. Among the many announcements he made to celebrate the Golden Jubilee year were a big-ticket party convention, including gold plated commemorative medals and cash gifts to veteran party workers, and the institution of awards named after party icons, MG Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa. Was.
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