![]() ![]() The community has in the past favoured the AIADMK in southern districts such as Madurai, Theni, Tirunelveli, Dindigul and Ramanathapuram. Sasikala, who lived with Jayalalithaa for three decades in Chennai’s Poes Garden residence, had ensured the growth of this community by maneuvering their appointments to key posts. ![]() It was a ritual which Jayalalithaa had followed too. ![]() Sasikala will do the act a day earlier on Friday. On October 30, on the leader’s 113th birth anniversary, tributes to his statue adorned with a gold armour will be paid by chief minister MK Stalin, Palaniswami and Panneerselvam. “On Friday, she will garland the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar in Goripalayam in Madurai, then the statues of freedom fighters Maruthupandiar brothers in Teppakulam and then she will go to Pasumpon, the hometown of Muthuramalinga Thevar.”Įvery year leaders cutting across political lines pay homage to Muthuramalinga Thevar whose hometown is in Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district in southern Tamil Nadu which has a dominant presence of the Thevar community to which Sasikala and Panneerselvam belong. “It will be meetings without any speeches on a stage,” said a close aide of Sasikala. Dhinakaran added that the AMMK and its cadre would stand firm in this goal to establish the ‘real rule of Amma (Jayalalithaa) in Tamil Nadu.Īfter dialling cadres of AMMK and AIADMK and assuring them of her return over several phone conversations, Sasikala will meet her supporters directly in Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts on Thursday and Friday. What he said about Chinamma (Sasikala) is right,” Dhinakaran said in Thanjavur.Īfter the AIADMK had expelled Sasikala and Dhinkaran in 2017, he floated the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhgam (AMMK) with his aunt’s supporters aiming to eventually reclaim the parent party. “OPS would usually speak calm and composed. She has assured her supporters that she will bring the party together for its eventual victory.Īhead of the wedding reception, on Wednesday morning, Dhinakaran added to the voices supporting Sasikala’s re-entry by telling reporters that Panneerselvam’s statement on Sasikala’s re-entry is a fact. Though Panneerselvam and Palaniswami are jointly running the party following J Jayalalithaa’s death, the duo have often spared on various issues which is the widening space from which Sasikala is hoping to benefit especially given the AIADMK’s loss in the assembly election in May and the rural local body polls earlier this month. This signalled that Sasikala could continue to count on Panneerselvam though he was the first to launch a rebellion against her in 2017 and for him also to have an option of merging with her while he continues to be sidelined by AIADMK’s co-coordinator Palaniswami. This comes at a time when Panneerselvam extended an olive branch to Sasikala by stating that the AIADMK’s leadership will discuss her re-induction much to the annoyance of the party that clarified she will not be taken in. (PTI)ĪIADMK’s coordinator O Panneerselvam’s younger brother O Raja also attended the reception before her. Former AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala attends AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran's daughter reception in Thanjavur on Wednesday. As a prelude to her statewide tour to meet her supporters, Sasikala on Wednesday attended the wedding of her nephew TTV Dhinakaran’s daughter in Thanjavur district. Expelled leader VK Sasikala’s attempts of a rapprochement with the AIADMK seem to be gathering steam. ![]()
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