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 MoreTamil Nadu Governor C H Vidyasagar Rao on Monday accepted the resignation of Chief Minister O Panneerselvam who quit yesterday to make way for AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala.
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalthaa’s close companion and AIADMK general secretary Sasikala’s husband M Natarajan has asserted that there is nothing wrong in his family getting involved in politics.
V K Sasikala, confidante of late J Jayalalithaa, has thanked President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for paying ‘personal’ condolences to her on the death of the former Tamil Nadu CM.
Former Indian actress and politician Jayalalithaa's aide Sasikala on Sunday named a new born baby girl of an AIADMK cadre on her name in memory of the late Chief Minister. The baby named
Posters have appeared all over Tamil Nadu in support of late Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa' close aide Sasikala and the departed leader's niece Deepa to take over the mantle of AIADMK.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has backed Jayalalithaa's long time aide Sasikala for the post of AIADMK general secretary.
Sasikala, long time aide of the departed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, looks all set to take over as the new General Secretary of AIADMK. With most of the senior party leaders urging her to
Sasikala, long time aide of the departed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, looks all set to take over as the new General Secretary of AIADMK.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and other senior government ministers on Thursday met late CM Jayalalithaa’s aide and companion Sasikala Natarajan at the former chief minister’s Poes Garden residence in Chennai.
Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa was sacked from AIADMK today following a dramatic turn of events which includes her scuffle with DMK MP Trichy Siva and her subsequent allegation of threat to her life in
Chennai: The Income Tax departmental proceedings against AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala in four cases have come to an end, as the final orders were passed by department on accepting the compounding
Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and her close confidante Sasikala have reached an out-of-court settlement with Income Tax authorities and have paid nearly Rs 2 crore for compounding alleged offences, a Metropolitan
New Delhi: Jailed former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, denied bail by Karnataka High Court following her conviction and four year sentence in a graft case, today moved the Supreme Court for bail. The
Bangalore: Jailed AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa must be granted immediate bail pending hearing of her appeal against the verdict of the Special Court convicting her in the disproportionate assets case, senior counsel Ram Jethmalani appearing
Bangalore: The special court hearing Jayalalithaa's DA case has sentenced her to 4 years in jail in this case.The court has also asked Jayalalithaa and three other convicted persons to pay a penalty of Rs
Bangalore: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday arrived here to appear in a special court that will deliver its judgment in the Rs 66 crore disproportionate case against her.Jayalalithaa, also the general secretary
Chennai: With a special court in Bangalore set to pronounce the verdict in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets case against her, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is making preparations to present herself before it on Saturday.Jayalalithaa
Chennai: A court here today adjourned the income tax return cases against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her aide Sasikala to August 7.Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R Dakshinamurthy allowed the petitions of Jayalalithaa and
Chennai: M Natarajan, husband of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala who was arrested recently in an intimidation case, was today granted bail by a sessions court here.Allowing the bail plea of Natarajan,
Chennai: M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala, close aide of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was yesterday arrested after he was picked up from Courtallam in Tirunelveli district following a complaint from martial arts expert and sculptor Shihah
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