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Sasikala

Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala

DOB: 18/08/1954

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.

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File pic - Sasikala and O Panneerselvam

OPS dares Sasikala to free MLAs, election for AIADMK chief soon

Politics | Feb 13, 2017, 07:48 AM IST

Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has demanded immediate release of 129 MLAs who are ‘held captive’ in a private resort near Chennai by AIADMK supremo and CM-designate Sasikala.

Election soon to select AIADMK General Secretary: O

Election soon to select AIADMK General Secretary: O Panneerselvam

Politics | Feb 12, 2017, 11:16 PM IST

Tamil Nadu’s acting Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam on Sunday said the election schedule for electing the party’s General Secretary will soon be announced. ALSO READ : AIADMK cadre not going to accept Sasikala: Swaminathan Gurumurthy Former

Tamil Nadu, AIADMK, Sasikala, Panneerselvam

Tamil Nadu crises: None of the MLAs are being held captive, claims Sasikala

Politics | Feb 12, 2017, 09:27 PM IST

In an effort to prove that no MLA has been incarcerated, AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on Sunday held a press conference at the Golden Bay and said, “No MLA has been held captive.

Sasikala, Panneerselvam, AIADMK, Jayalalithaa

Tamil Nadu crises: Very difficult for a woman to be in politics, says Sasikala

Politics | Feb 12, 2017, 05:48 PM IST

AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on Sunday said that it was "very difficult" for a woman to be in politics, which she had seen in the time of Jayalalithaa too, and asserted that the

Panneerselvam camp gets bigger as three more MPs extend

Panneerselvam camp gets bigger as three more MPs extend support

Politics | Feb 12, 2017, 12:39 PM IST

O Panneerselvam camp today got a boost with three more MPs extending support to the Chief Minister.

SC verdict in Sasikala DA case unlikely on Monday

Tamil Nadu crisis: SC verdict in Sasikala DA case unlikely on Monday, support grows for OPS

Politics | Feb 12, 2017, 11:22 AM IST

Verdict in the disproportionate assets case, involving VK as an Sasikala accused, is unlikely to be pronounced on Monday

Sasikala, AIADMK, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu crises: Delay in swearing-in is to break the party, says Sasikala

Politics | Feb 11, 2017, 11:48 PM IST

AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala on Saturday alleged that the delay in her being sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is mainly to break the party. "I think the delay (in swearing in)

Sasikala

Tamil Nadu crisis: Facing death threats from OPS camp, say AIADMK MLAs loyal to Sasikala

Politics | Feb 11, 2017, 05:27 PM IST

A team of Tamil Nadu Police and revenue officials today visited a luxurious resort at Koovathur near Mahabalipuram where they met 120 MLAs of the AIADMK who are allegedly held captive by the Sasikala camp.

File pic of Tamil Nadu CM-designate Sasikala

Sasikala seeks appointment with Governor to prove majority

Politics | Feb 11, 2017, 02:25 PM IST

Tamil Nadu CM-designate and AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala today sought an appointment with state’s acting Governor Vidyasagar Rao to prove her majority.

File pic of O Panneerselvam

OPS camp gains strength as two AIADMK LS MPs, state Minister extend support

Politics | Feb 11, 2017, 02:03 PM IST

Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who had revolted against AIADMK supremo and CM-designate Sasikala, today gained strength when two Lok Sabha MPs announced that they are joining the OPS camp to stop ‘Chinnamma’ from taking over t

File pic - Sasikala meets Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao

Tamil Nadu crisis: Guv appears waiting for SC verdict in Sasikala DA case

Politics | Feb 11, 2017, 09:08 AM IST

Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao is understood to have made it clear that he will await the judgement of the Supreme Court in disproportionate assets case against AIADMK general secretary and CM-designate VK Sasikala before taking any decision on t

AIADMK presidium chairman

Had expelled Sasikala even before she expelled me: AIADMK presidium chairman

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 06:52 PM IST

Reacting to his expulsion from AIADMK by the interim general secretary V K Sasikala today, party presidium chairman E Madhusudanan said that she could not expel him as he had already expelled her from the

Subramanian Swamy

If Tamil Nadu Governor has woken up to his duties, he should swear in Sasikala as CM: Subramanian Swamy

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 03:12 PM IST

Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today took a dig at Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao saying that if he has woken up to his duties as a constitutional authority, he should swear in Sasikala as the new Chief Minister of the state.

File pic - Sasikala and E Madusudanan

AIADMK crisis deepens, Sasikala sacks second-in-command E Madusudanan from party

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 03:12 PM IST

AIADMK supremo VK Sasikla today sacked presidium chairman and party’s second-in-command E Madusudanan from the party's primary membership, a day after he joined caretaker Chief Minister O Pannnerselvam's camp.

File pic of Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala

Sasikala holding AIADMK MLAs hostage? Madras HC seeks report

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 02:22 PM IST

Amid an escalating political crisis in the state following the rebellion by Tamil Nadu’s caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, the Madras High Court today asked the Tamil Nadu police to file an affidavit on the status of ruling party AIADMK MLAs

Jayalalithaa’s soul will not forgive Panneerselvam: AIADMK

Jayalalithaa’s soul will not forgive Panneerselvam: AIADMK

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 01:42 PM IST

Ruling AIADMK today kept up its attack on O Panneerselvam, saying Jayalalithaa's ‘soul will not forgive’ him for trying to split the party.

Tamil Nadu CM-designate Sasikala

SC refuses urgent hearing on PIL seeking stay on Sasikala's swearing-in

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 02:12 PM IST

In a move that could pave way for the appointment of VK Sasikala as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, the Supreme Court today refused to grant an urgent hearing to a petition seeking to restrain AIADMk supremo VK Sasikala from taking oath as the third w

Sasikala eyes Congress support to form govt

With MLAs shifting to OPS camp, Sasikala eyes Cong support to form govt

Politics | Feb 10, 2017, 11:16 AM IST

Worried over party MLAs withdrawing their support, Tamil Nadu CM-designate and AIADMK supremo Sasikala has now approached the Congress to seek party MLAs support to form government in case any ‘emergency’ arises.

Sasikala visited Jaya memorial at Marina beach before

Tamil Nadu crisis: Sasikala meets Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, stakes claim to form govt

Politics | Feb 09, 2017, 10:03 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao arrived in Chennai today afternoon and will meet both Chief Minister contenders O Panneerselvam and VK Sasikala.

File pic - Sasikala flashes victory sign at Poes garden in

130 AIADMK legislators staying in MLAs hostel, free to move around, HC told

Politics | Feb 09, 2017, 03:23 PM IST

All 130 AIADMK MLAs, who have extended support to party supremo and CM-designate VK Sasikala, are staying at the MLAs’ hostel in Chennai and are free to move around, the Madras High Court was told today.

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