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Jayalalithaa Ex-Aide VK Sasikala Meets Rajinikanth In Chennai
VK Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, met actor Rajinikanth at the superstar's house in Poes Garden in Chennai on Monday evening, news agency ANI reported.
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We Lied About Jayalalithaa's Health, Confesses Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan
Nine months after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital after a prolonged illness, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has asked for the public's forgiveness for lying about her health when she was at hospital.
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Jayalalithaa 'Eternal General Secretary', Sasikala Removed, Says AIADMK: 10 Facts
J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...
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Return From Jail Is Comeback, Says TTV Dinakaran. First Stop, Aunt VK Sasikala
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...
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Tamil Nadu Ministers In Late-Night Huddle To Unite AIADMK Camps: 10 Facts
After 25 ministers and lawmakers held an emergency meeting in capital Chennai on Monday night, the VK Sasikala-led AIADMK faction that rules Tamil Nadu has "welcomed" what it said was an offer from the rival O Panneerselvam camp to discuss re-uniting the party. There is pressure reportedly on party chief Ms Sasikala and her nephew and deputy TTV Di...
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By-Polls Ahead In Jayalalithaa's Turf, OPS Reaches For Party Symbol
Expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam -- who precipitated a crisis in the party after his rebellion against VK Sasikala -- has said the party's election symbol should belong to his faction. By-elections in Chennai's RK Nagar constituency, which had been held by J Jayalalithaa, will be held on April 12. The rebel leader, who has got a handful of su...
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Jailed Sasikala Wins, Proxy E Palaniswami To Take Oath This Evening
Tamil Nadu will get its third Chief Minister in two months - E Palaniswami will take oath at 4:30 pm today, and must then prove his majority within 15 days. With this decision, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has ruled in favour of the larger faction of the ruling AIADMK, which has been cleaved by dissent, owing to O Panneerselvam's refusal to quit the s...
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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'Tough For A Woman To Be In Politics': Sasikala In Second Meet With Legislators
Locked in a battle with O Panneerselvam for the control of the party, VK Sasikala headed out to the resort outside Chennai again to meet the legislators supporting her. In her address to the legislators -- her party says there are 127 of them -- she underscored that she has faith in the Constitution and they will win. Pointing to the difficulties s...
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VK Sasikala's Next Move Could Be A Hunger Strike, Say Sources
VK Sasikala may lead a hunger strike by her legislators at Former Chief Minister J Jayalalaithaa's memorial in Chennai today if the Governor doesn't invite her to form the government, sources have said.
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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Before Staking Claim, Sasikala 'Submitted' List At Jayalalithaa Memorial
Before her meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao last night, VK Sasikala made an emotional stopover at the beach-side memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who died in December.
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Signatures Of Support For Sasikala Will Have To Be Verified, Governor Said: Sources
VK Sasikala opened her meeting with Governor C Vidyasagar Rao by stating, in English, "I stake claim." After that, the 10 Tamil Nadu ministers who accompanied her last evening elaborated on the support within the ruling AIADMK for Ms Sasikala to take over as Chief Minister, a decision made first by the party on Sunday.
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'So What Changed?' Sasikala And Panneerselvam Ask Each Other In Anger
VK Sasikala, who is trying to become Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, had just years ago declared in writing that she had "no interest in politics," said her newly-minted political rival, O Panneerselvam. To make his claim more credible, he said that Ms Sasikala's promise of political abstinence was written to J Jayalalithaa, who died in December whil...
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Jayalalithaa Ex-Aide VK Sasikala Meets Rajinikanth In Chennai
VK Sasikala, the aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, met actor Rajinikanth at the superstar's house in Poes Garden in Chennai on Monday evening, news agency ANI reported.
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We Lied About Jayalalithaa's Health, Confesses Tamil Nadu Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan
Nine months after former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died in a Chennai hospital after a prolonged illness, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan has asked for the public's forgiveness for lying about her health when she was at hospital.
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Jayalalithaa 'Eternal General Secretary', Sasikala Removed, Says AIADMK: 10 Facts
J Jayalalithaa will be the AIADMK's "eternal general secretary," Tamil Nadu's ruling party said today, scrapping the post and sacking VK Sasikala, who is in jail. The party will be run by Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam as Chief Coordinator and Chief Minister E Palaniswami as his assistant at the head of an 11-member panel. Today's meeting ma...
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Return From Jail Is Comeback, Says TTV Dinakaran. First Stop, Aunt VK Sasikala
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dinakaran, who was released on bail last week in a corruption case, stressed today that he remains number two in Tamil Nadu's ruling party and it is his "duty" to unite the party. To that end, Mr Dinakaran said, he would meet his aunt VK Sasikala at a jail in Bengaluru today, "not as a nephew but as her deputy" and start...
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Tamil Nadu Ministers In Late-Night Huddle To Unite AIADMK Camps: 10 Facts
After 25 ministers and lawmakers held an emergency meeting in capital Chennai on Monday night, the VK Sasikala-led AIADMK faction that rules Tamil Nadu has "welcomed" what it said was an offer from the rival O Panneerselvam camp to discuss re-uniting the party. There is pressure reportedly on party chief Ms Sasikala and her nephew and deputy TTV Di...
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By-Polls Ahead In Jayalalithaa's Turf, OPS Reaches For Party Symbol
Expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam -- who precipitated a crisis in the party after his rebellion against VK Sasikala -- has said the party's election symbol should belong to his faction. By-elections in Chennai's RK Nagar constituency, which had been held by J Jayalalithaa, will be held on April 12. The rebel leader, who has got a handful of su...
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Jailed Sasikala Wins, Proxy E Palaniswami To Take Oath This Evening
Tamil Nadu will get its third Chief Minister in two months - E Palaniswami will take oath at 4:30 pm today, and must then prove his majority within 15 days. With this decision, Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has ruled in favour of the larger faction of the ruling AIADMK, which has been cleaved by dissent, owing to O Panneerselvam's refusal to quit the s...
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Expect Invitation To Form Government Today, Says Team Sasikala: 10 Facts
A team led by Edappadi Palanisamy, handpicked by VK Sasikala as the AIADMK's presumptive Chief Minister, met Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Wednesday evening and said it expects him to invite them today to form government in the state. The Governor later met O Panneerselvam, who too has staked claim to the top post. Ms Sasikala has reached...
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E Palanisamy As Chief Minister No 3 In 2 Months? Meets Governor
Hours after VK Sasikala's run for Chief Minister was brought to a skidding halt by the Supreme Court, which found her guilty of corruption, she has moved at breakneck speed to ensure she remains the show-runner of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. Ms Sasikala was sentenced this morning to four years in prison - it's uncertain when she has to head to...
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'Tough For A Woman To Be In Politics': Sasikala In Second Meet With Legislators
Locked in a battle with O Panneerselvam for the control of the party, VK Sasikala headed out to the resort outside Chennai again to meet the legislators supporting her. In her address to the legislators -- her party says there are 127 of them -- she underscored that she has faith in the Constitution and they will win. Pointing to the difficulties s...
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VK Sasikala's Next Move Could Be A Hunger Strike, Say Sources
VK Sasikala may lead a hunger strike by her legislators at Former Chief Minister J Jayalalaithaa's memorial in Chennai today if the Governor doesn't invite her to form the government, sources have said.
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In Imposing 30-SUV Convoy, Sasikala Drives In To Resort To Meet Lawmakers
In scenes perfected by many a Hollywood drama, a cavalcade of around 30 SUVs snaked its way this afternoon from Poes Garden, the residence of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to the beachfront luxury resort 80 km away, that has been at the heart of the political crisis gripping the state for the last week. The occasion was for VK Sa...
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Before Staking Claim, Sasikala 'Submitted' List At Jayalalithaa Memorial
Before her meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao last night, VK Sasikala made an emotional stopover at the beach-side memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who died in December.
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Signatures Of Support For Sasikala Will Have To Be Verified, Governor Said: Sources
VK Sasikala opened her meeting with Governor C Vidyasagar Rao by stating, in English, "I stake claim." After that, the 10 Tamil Nadu ministers who accompanied her last evening elaborated on the support within the ruling AIADMK for Ms Sasikala to take over as Chief Minister, a decision made first by the party on Sunday.
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'So What Changed?' Sasikala And Panneerselvam Ask Each Other In Anger
VK Sasikala, who is trying to become Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, had just years ago declared in writing that she had "no interest in politics," said her newly-minted political rival, O Panneerselvam. To make his claim more credible, he said that Ms Sasikala's promise of political abstinence was written to J Jayalalithaa, who died in December whil...
