Tag: VK Sasikala
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Dhinakaran booked for trying ‘bribery’ for AIADMK symbol
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday booked the AIADMK (Amma) deputy general secretary T T V Dhinakaran for allegedly seeking to bribe Election Commission officials to secure the party's original "two leaves" election symbol in the now-scrapped 12 April bye-election to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. The police filed an FIR …
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April 17, 2017 -
AIADMK factions to seek legal recourse to defreeze party symbol
The two warring factions in the AIADMK have expressed their plans to seek legal recourse to defreeze the party's "two leaves" symbol as ordered by the Election Commission. In a statement on Wednesday night, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said: "Despite placing before the Election Commission strong arguments, it is sad we were not able to …
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March 23, 2017 -
‘Sasikala cannot vote, EC should disqualify her as AIADMK leader’
Citing legal provisions that bars a convict from exercising the right to vote, former AIADMK Member of Parliament KC Palaniswamy on Monday urged the Election Commission to disqualify VK Sasikala as party General Secretary. Former Chief Election Commissioner TS Krishnamurthy said that law has to prevent convicts from holding party posts to ensure probity in public life. "Section …
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February 27, 2017 -
Hard time for ‘restless’ Sasikala in Bengaluru jail
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala had a hard time in the Central Jail here as she could not sleep and was restless at night, a party leader said on Thursday. "Chinnamma could not sleep well and was restless as she had to sleep on the floor in a 10×8 feet ordinary cell in the women's barracks …
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February 16, 2017 -
Hard time for ‘restless’ Sasikala in Bengaluru jail
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala had a hard time in the Central Jail here as she could not sleep and was restless at night, a party leader said on Thursday. "Chinnamma could not sleep well and was restless as she had to sleep on the floor in a 10×8 feet ordinary cell in the women's barracks …
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February 16, 2017 -
Sasikala in Bengaluru to surrender
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, convicted for corruption, arrived at the Central Jail in Bengaluru on Wednesday to surrender, according to an official. "Sasikala arrived in the jail premises with her relatives Elavarasi and VN Sudhakaran from Chennai," the official said. She will formally surrender before a trial court set up in the prison complex. As she …
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February 15, 2017 -
Sasikala in Bengaluru to surrender
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, convicted for corruption, arrived at the Central Jail in Bengaluru on Wednesday to surrender, according to an official. "Sasikala arrived in the jail premises with her relatives Elavarasi and VN Sudhakaran from Chennai," the official said. She will formally surrender before a trial court set up in the prison complex. As she …
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February 15, 2017 -
Delay in swearing-in is to break the party: Sasikala
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala on Saturday alleged that the delay in her being sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is mainly to break the party. "I think the delay (in swearing in) is to break the party," she told reporters here after meeting the legislators supporting her at a beach resort near her. According …
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February 11, 2017 -
Delay in swearing-in is to break the party: Sasikala
AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala on Saturday alleged that the delay in her being sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu is mainly to break the party. "I think the delay (in swearing in) is to break the party," she told reporters here after meeting the legislators supporting her at a beach resort near her. According …
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February 11, 2017 -
Panneerselvam revolted only after losing CM post: AIADMK
The revolt by Tamil Nadu former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam against AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala is being opportunistic and fuelled by other forces, said a spokesperson of the ruling party on Wednesday. "Only when his Chief Minister post was taken away he is raising his voice. But that, too after he had submitted his resignation …
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February 8, 2017 -
I was forced to resign: Panneerselvam
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Tuesday evening revolted against AIADMK General Secrectary VK Sasikala, saying he was forced to resign as the head of government. "I was forced to resign by Sasikala," Panneerselvam told reporters after a dramatic 40-minute meditation at the memorial of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who died in December last …
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February 7, 2017 -
Only Anna, MGR and Jayalalithaa will be projected: Sasikala
The ruling AIADMK's newly elected General Secretary VK Sasikala on Saturday said the party would not project any individual other than late party founder MG Ramachandran, late CN Annadurai and the late J Jayalalithaa. Sasikala formally took charge as the party's General Secretary after she was elected unanimously on December 29 at the AIADMK's general council meeting. A …
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December 31, 2016 -
Only Anna, MGR and Jayalalithaa will be projected: Sasikala
The ruling AIADMK's newly elected General Secretary VK Sasikala on Saturday said the party would not project any individual other than late party founder MG Ramachandran, late CN Annadurai and the late J Jayalalithaa. Sasikala formally took charge as the party's General Secretary after she was elected unanimously on December 29 at the AIADMK's general council meeting. A …
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December 31, 2016