Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala is an Indian politician and business magnate from Tamil Nadu and Indian business person, who was the general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(AIADMK). Sasikala was born on 18 August 1954 in Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. She was married to M. Natarajan who was a public relations officer in the Government of Tamil Nadu. She was a close aide of J. Jayalalithaa, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, who headed AIADMK from 1989 until her death in 2016. After Jayalalithaa's death, Sasikala was unanimously elected as the AIADMK Legislature Party Leader by a meeting of all the MLAs in the party on 5 February 2017. She was arrested along with Jayalalithaa on 7 December 1996 and was remanded to judicial custody for 30 days in connection with the Colour TV scam. During Jayalalithaa's three tenures as Chief Minister, Sasikala was alleged to have laundered huge amounts of wealth amassed by Jayalalitha.
Read MoreAIADMK supremeo VK Sasikala, whose conviction in disproportionate assets case was restored yesterday by the Supreme Court, is likely to surrender before a Bengaluru court today.
Hours after the Supreme Court convicted AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala in a corruption case, Tamil Nadu based television channels Sun TV and Raj TV saw a huge spike in its shares.
Edappady K Palaniswami, a loyalist of AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, was today appointed as Chief Minister by Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.
Since Jayalalithaa is dead, the court did not declare her a convict.
The newly elected leader of the AIADMK legislature party, Edapadi K. Palanisamy, today staked claim to form government in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala that stops her from contesting polls for nearly 10 years.
DMK working president MK Stalin today welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgement in the disproportionate assets case involving AIADMk supremo VK Sasikala.
AIADMK legislators loyal to VK Sasikala today elected former party MP Edapadi K Palanisamy as the leader of the legislature party.
The pronouncement of the much-awaited verdict in the apex court today, which decided the fate of AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, was completed in about eight minutes.
The AIADMK faction led by acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam erupted in joy on Tuesday after the Supreme Court restored the conviction of party General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and two of her relatives
Firebrand BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today hailed the Supreme Court verdict convicting AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala and others in a 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.
Immediately after the Supreme Court upheld a Bengaluru trial court order convicting VK Sasikala in 19-year-old Rs 66 crore Disproportionate Assets case, the convicted leader said that she has always carried the ‘burden’ of late leader Jayalalithaa.
The fate of AIADMK general secretary Sasikala Natarajan, fighting a bitter power battle with Tamil Nadu caretaker CM O Panneerselvam after the demise of Jayalithaa, will be decided today as the Supreme Court is all set to deliver the much-awaited ver
AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala will stay on Monday night at Golden Bay Resorts at Koovathur, around 80 km from Chennai, where party MLAs have been camping since Wednesday night.
The Supreme Court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on the Karnataka government's plea challenging the acquittal of VK Sasikala.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has advised Governor C Vidyasagar Rao to hold composite floor test in the Assembly pitting caretaker Chief Minister O Paneerselvam against AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala.
Sasikala today addressed party workers outside Poes Garden here where she came down heavily on Panneerselvam, calling him a traitor after he refused to back her nomination for the top post.
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has claimed that majority of MLAs are behind party general secretary and CM-designate VK Sasikala.
With the warring factions of ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu indulging in war of wards amid the political unrest for the ninth consecutive day, interim general secretary VK Sasikala’s emotional address to the party MLAs at a private resort in Chennai cam
A group of journalists covering AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala’s visit to a private resort here on Sunday were manhandled by some persons belonging to the Tamil Nadu CM-designate camp.
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