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 MoreAll 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.
Firebrand BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today accused Tamil Nadu’s acting Governor Vidyasagar Rao of running away from the ongoing political crisis in the state.
AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala has expressed her readiness to face any probe over the death of late CM Jayalalithaa.
AIADMK General Secretary and CM-designate VK Sasikala has alleged that her swearing-in as Chief Minister was being deliberately delayed by Rao.
Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao would arrive here tomorrow as AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala today mustered an overwhelming majority of party MLAs against a rebellious O Panneerselvam.
AIADMK Chief VK Sasikala today sacked the party’s Information Technology wing secretary, 'Singai' G Ramachandran for alleged anti-party activities. Ramachandran has been removed from post and his primary membership has been withdrawn for "going
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar today said that the sudden turn of events in AIADMK politics beginning with caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam raising a banner of revolt against party chief VK Sasikala was
Amid the storm that has erupted in Tamil Nadu Politics following the rebellion by caretaker Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, alleging that he was compelled to resign from his post and humiliated while holding the high
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said that both the Central and the BJP have nothing to do with the ‘internal matters’ of crisis-ridden AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala today lashed out at caretaker CM O Panneerselvam terming his revolt an act of betrayal. At an emergent meeting of the party MLAs here, Sasikala said that she ‘will give OPS a big blow to the act
DMK’s working president MK Stalin today slammed AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu CM-designate VK Sasikala for blaming the opposition party for the ‘political mess’ in the state.
Tamil Nadu's caretaker Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today said that he was not allowed to meet later AIADMK supremo even once in hospital during her last days.
Supreme Court had yesterday indicated it could deliver a judgement soon in a disproportionate assets case against Sasikala.
Two days after resigning from the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to make way for AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, O Panneerselvam today said that his predecessor J Jayalalithaa had asked him to succeed her.
At least 4 top aides of Jayalalithaa have been removed by the Tamil Nadu government within a week.
The online petition against VK Sasikala’s elevation as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has received 1, 55,273 signatures so far.
Two days after VS Sasikala was elected AIADMK Legislature Party leader, paving the way for her appointment as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, senior AIADMK leader and former Assembly Speaker PH Pandian strongly opposed her anointment, saying she do
AIADMK supremo VK Sasikala’s swearing-in as the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu will not be held today.
A Public Interest Litigation was today filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the swearing-in of AIADMK leader VK Sasikala as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister tomorrow.
As AIADMK supremo Sasikala prepares to take over as the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court today said that it will pronounce its verdict within a week on pleas challenging the acquittal of late CM Jayalalithaa and her close c
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