Their leader, Sasikala Natarajan, wanted to make sure that no lawmaker was poached by a rival camp during a dramatic week of jostling for power two months after the death of charismatic and influential party leader J Jayalalitha.Two months after her death, her successor O Panneerselvam quit, alleging he was forced to resign to make way for Sasikala Natarajan, a controversial confidante of Jayalalitha, who prefers to be known by her first name.
Date: Feb 17, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Edappadi Palanisami is Tamil Nadu CM LIVE: Governor Vidyasagar Rao gives 15-days' time to prove majority
He features early on in the DA case files: Tmt. Sasikala Natarajan is the wife of one Mr. M. Natarajan who had joined Government service as a Publicity Assistant in the Department of Information and Public Relation, Government of Tamil Nadu, in the year 1970 and thereafter promoted in succession ev
Date: Feb 16, 2017
Category: World
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Supreme court ends Sasikala's chief ministerial dreams, Jayalalithaa's mantle may stay with Panneerselvam
On Feb. 14, the supreme court (SC) convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary VK Sasikala Natarajan in a 21-year-old illegal assets case. The court was hearing an appeal to overturn a lower courts order convicting her and her mentor, the late chief minister (CM) o
Date: Feb 14, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Graft conviction keeps south Indian politician out of office
The Supreme Court set aside a lower court order that had cleared Sasikala Natarajan of corruption charges. Corruption is endemic in Indian politics, which is often dominated by outsized personalities and their friends and relatives.
Date: Feb 14, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Live Sasikala heads to Kuvathur again to meet MLAs
AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan says that the party believes in democracy. "It is well known who is behind all these issues and you'll know why MPs are going there [OPS's camp]." She's speaking to reporters at Poes Garden ahead of leaving to Koovathur to meet the MLAs.
It may not have been Jayalalithaa's intention, but Sasikala Natarajan is now neck-deep in politics - like a natural evolution from "taking care of Poes Garden" to taking care of the party nurtured by her mentor "to shatter the expectations of the political opponents that there will be a split in the
Date: Feb 11, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
AIADMK crisis Day 4: A look at the key developments in the Panneerselvam-Sasikala standoff
more tense as the Supreme Court also rejected a petition with regards to Sasikala's swearing-in. A report by The Hindu said that the Supreme Court on Friday declined to urgently hear a petition seeking a stay on AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan being sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
Date: Feb 10, 2017
Category: World
Source: Google
Panneerselvam vs Sasikala: After Kamal Haasan, other Kollywood stars speak up about ongoing power tussle
On one side of this tug-of-war is Amma's confidant Sasikala Natarajan, who was recently hailed the Legislative Party Leader by AIADMK MLAs and recommended as their choice for the next chief Minister, and on the other is O Panneerselvam, Amma's one of the most trusted aide, and the current Acting CM