A stone plaque unveiled by AIADMK’s current contender VK Sasikala identifies him as the party’s general secretary, a bold claim by Jayalalithaa’s personal and political aide who is out of jail and making a determined effort to take over the reins of the party. Is.
Sasikala unveiled the plaque at MGR Memorial in T Nagar, Chennai. On Saturday, she campaigned for the Jayalalithaa memorial on the beach side in Chennai after nearly 4.5 years – she stood at Jayalalithaa’s grave in February 2017 and vowed to ‘redempt the party’. Sasikala is re-entering active politics after being sentenced to four years in jail for convicting Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case.
Sasikala’s move underlines two things: She is serious about re-entering active politics. The DMK is moving fast (it has also won the local body elections), and the BJP is gathering allies across the south and trying to make a break in Tamil Nadu.
As far as the AIADMK is concerned, the party’s general secretary post is under consideration as a party cadre challenged Edappadi Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam’s powers to abolish the post of general secretary.
By unveiling a plaque bearing her name as the general secretary, Sasikala has clearly indicated what her ambitions are – taking the reins of the party. For Palaniswami, who is in trouble over Sasikala’s rise, it is a clear message that she will make an open bid to control the party.
For the DMK, Sasikala’s rise must appear more problematic than the regimes of Edappadi Palaniswami and Panneerselvam, who looked like provincial leaders who won gold medals after Jayalalithaa’s death.
In the coming months, the manner in which Sasikala makes her moves will have a significant impact on the future of the AIADMK and the tensions of the DMK-AIADMK rivalry that has characterized Dravidian politics for five decades.
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