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Sasikala, who unveiled the party flag, said that the name of the party would be announced soon. She said that the name of the party would be announced soon.
Recalling the incidents following the demise of Jayalalithaa, she said that ministers came to her at the private hospital and wanted her to become the chief minister. She said that since she was grieving the loss of her sister and wanted to perform the rituals, she declined it, after which O Panneerselvam was chosen to be the CM. She then unveiled the flag of her new political party, with black (top), white (centre) and red (bottom), with portraits of late leaders Anna, MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa in the centre.
VK Sasikala floats a new political party, unveils party flag; says the name of the party would be announced soon Madurai: V K Sasikala , expelled AIADMK leader and close aide of late chief minister and AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa , on Tuesday floated a new political party ahead of the assembly elections.
She said that thereafter she was sentenced to a 4-year jail term in the disproportionate assets case. “I was given only 5 days’ permission to visit my husband, who was ill. Even after my husband’s demise, I was given only 10 days’ parole.
Only based on his (EPS) request, she got letters from MLAs signed and sent them to the Governor before she went to the prison in Bengaluru,” said Sasikala.
Sasikala said, “We are going to start a new political party While addressing the gathering. She said that the new party would be a Dravidian movement and would follow the footsteps of late leaders Anna, MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. She said that the party would work for the poor, downtrodden and common people, and would root out enemies and traitors. She said that a few days later, the present group (in AIADMK) came to her complaining about issues and about the functioning of OPS, though he was discharging his duties properly. She said that later she was made the general secretary. Following this decision, OPS went to Jayalalithaa’s memorial for his dharma yudham, which became a problem for him,” she said. She said that thereafter, EPS convened the general council and expelled her from the party. However, I switched vehicles and came to Tamil Nadu,” she said.
“Once again, they brought a similar complaint about OPS. I made OPS and ministers sit together for a talk. Fearing that the issue would become bigger and to safeguard the party, I came to a conclusion to become CM. “I was not afraid of the punishment in the jail term. My thoughts were to ensure that the govt should not be dissolved. That is when we decided to make him (EPS) the CM. He also used his official power to curtail her parole when she wanted to meet her ailing husband. Several conditions were also imposed. After my jail term, they even planned to arrest me in Hosur for using the party flag.