Acting fast, the Election Commission today asked V K Sasikala to respond to a petition filed against her challenging her appointment as AIADMK interim general secretary by the O Panneerselvam camp.
Edapaddi K Palaniswami is set to be sworn in as the new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Thursday evening.
Hours after being convicted and sentenced to four years in jail, AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala expelled Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from the party.
A letter was written by Sasikala to the Tamil Nadu Governor stating that Edapadi K.Palanisamy has been elected as the AIADMK's legislature party leader and he should be invited to form the government in the state.
The power in the word ‘Amma‘ is stronger than what is contained in ‘CM‘, said VK Sasikala addressing AIADMK party cadres today.
Tamil Nadu, ‘caretaker‘ chief minister O Panneerselvam delivered the sharpest stab yet to the chief ministerial ambitions of ‘Chinnamma‘ VK Sasikala when he “revealed†certain truths that were “pricking his conscienceâ€.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, O Panneerselvam wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting Rs 39,500 crore from NDRF to help the state tackle the drought. CNBC-TV18's Jude Sannith, who is in Tamil Nadu's agricultural belt in Tirunelveli district, reports that an already fragile rural economy is showing cracks.
MK Venu, Founding Editor at The Wire says backward caste politics are here to stay despite Jayalalithaa's death. O Panneerselvam will have to increase the funds for welfare schemes.