AIADMK MLAs call for 'Chinnamma' Sasikala to save party
Following the demise of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, senior leaders of the party have pleaded the late CM's close aide Sasikala Natarajan to take up the vacant General Secretary post. Adding that 'Chinnamma' Sasikala had worked as Amma's conscience, AIADMK's spokesperson C Ponnaiyan said, "It is the desire of entire party that Chinnamma should become General Secretary."
With the demise of AIADMK's 'permanent' general secretary J Jayalalithaa, the future of the MGR found 'Anaithindhiya Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam' became a question mark.The party's stalwart leaders and the 1.5 crore cadres were made to believe the Jayalalithaa was their only leader and immortalized her. Moreover, the cadres also believed that their 'Amma' can never die or be replaced.But her prolonged stay at the hospital and her death has shocked the party wherein many have cried foul about the secrecy surrounding Jayalalithaa's death.Also read: Jayalalithaa's roller-coaster relationship with two SasikalasAIADMK's expelled Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Pushpa was the first to allege a conspiracy. Later Kollywood actor Gowthami wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking answers on what happened to the state's beloved CM and what sort of treatments were given to her.For 76 days, Apollo became a fortress and not a wind of news could leak from the premises without being edited.With the cries for investigation getting louder, the ministers of AIADMK reached for the next best thing they could think of after Jayalalithaa.A day after burying Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam alone with PWD minister Edapadi Palanisamy and top bureaucrats including high ranking police officers met at Poes Garden and discussed certain issues with Sasikala.Also read: Sasikala to succeed Jayalalithaa as AIADMK General SecretaryOn 11th December, the new Tamil Nadu CM called for a cabin meeting to discuss about acquiring special permission to build a memorial for Jayalalithaa next to the party's founder MGR at Marina beach.Later that day, news channels reported about ministers paying respect to Jayalalithaa at her memorial and then turning towards Sasikala to touch her feet dutifully. The very next day AIADMK's senior leader Madhusudhanan along with another senior leader Sengottaiyan went to Poes Garden and seemed to have pleaded to Sasikala to accept the party's 'General Secretary' post. Following which, dutifully they gave an interview to the party's channel 'Jaya TV'.Before there could be any more development on this matter, cyclone Vardah hit the city of Chennai.Now as the city tries to get back to normal, the work has begun once again to transform Sasikala Narragan into 'VK Sasikala'.