Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 19 (ANI): The expelled AIADMK leader Sasikala has said that she is ready to face all enquiries against her over the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] July 28 (ANI): The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party leaders on Wednesday staged a protest against increase in power tariff and property tax by the state government. The protest in Chennai's Royapuram was led by the former CM Edappadi Palaniswami who is commonly known as EPS.
Chennai Apr 22 PTI A special police team held enquiries with expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala over the 2017 heist and murder at the Kodanad Estate for the second day on Friday with the former aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa demanding stringent action against those involved in the undesirable incident that happened at a place reverred as a temple The team led by West Zone IG R Sudhakar questioned Sasikala at her T Nagar residence here for nearly four hours and she responded to all the questions pertaining to the heist and murder that occured on April 24 2017 police sources said She is said to have expressed concern over the delay in the investigation into the murder of a security guard at the bungalow which Jayalalithaa used as a summer retreat they said Jayalalithaa died in December 2016 The questioning of Sasikala which was recorded was mostly based on the deposition by some accused and other witnesses Sasikala is likely to be allowed to visit the Kodanadu Estate in the hilly Nilgiris district the sources added She was grilled for about six hours on Thursday Later Sasikala in a statement said she was enquired by the police team today also in the same case and that she had responded to all of them I have extended complete cooperation she said Kodanad Estate may be an ordinary place for others but for me it was one dearly loved by akka elder sister the late Jayalalithaa and one that gave her a lot of peace of mind and joy We saw the Kodanad bungalow as a temple so did our partymen she added In such an important place the undesirable incident happened in 2017 she said referring to the heist and murder of the security guard there and said others linked to the incident also died under suspicious circumstances Therefore the police department should undertake due probe and whoever is involved in the matter should be punished she said and prayed for justice for the guard Om Bahadur and the wife and child of one of the accused who were killed in a road accident The main accused Kanagaraj was also allegedly killed in a road mishap PTI NVM SA SA NVG
New Delhi Apr 22 PTI AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran appeared before the ED here for the second time on Friday for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged bribing of Election Commission officials to get the AIADMKs two leaves symbol for the V K Sasikala faction officials saidThe agency will continue recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA they saidThe first time Dhinakaran was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate for about eight hours at its office here on April 12The agency issued fresh summons to him last weekThe agencys notice and investigation against the 58-year-old Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam AMMK leader came after it recently arrested jailed conman and another accused in this case Sukesh ChandrashekharWhile exiting the ED office late at night on April 12 Dhinakaran told reporters that he cooperated with the agency and replied to their questions in the Sukesh Chandrashekhar caseChandrashekhar was also grilled by the agency in the case over the last weekThe ED case under the criminal provisions of the PMLA is based on the primary FIR filed against the accused by the Delhi Police Crime Branch in 2017Both Dhinakaran and Chandrashekhar were arrested by the Crime Branch thenOfficials had said that they recorded the statement of Chandrashekhar in this case early this month and now want to question Dhinakaran and confront him with Chandrashekhar to take the probe forwardChandrashekar was arrested in April 2017 from a five-star hotel by the Delhi Police for allegedly taking money from Dhinakaran to bribe EC officials to get the AIADMKs two leaves symbol for the Sasikala faction in a by-election to the R K Nagar Assembly seat in Tamil NaduDhinakaran who has been charge-sheeted by the police was arrested by the Delhi Police after four days of questioning for allegedly attempting to bribe EC officials for the party symbolThe bypoll was necessitated by the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa who represented the Assembly seatThe EC had frozen the AIADMKs symbol after the two factions -- one led by Dhinakarans aunt Sasikala and the other by former chief minister O Panneerselvam -- staked claim to itDhinakarans close aide Mallikarjuna was also arrested for allegedly facilitating a Rs 50-crore deal between him and ChandrashekarDhinakaran was the deputy general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK and was expelled from the party in August 2017 along with Jayalalithaas confidante SasikalaLater he launched his political party AMMK PTI NES DIV DIV
Chennai Apr 21 PTI Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala a close aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was grilled for six hours by the police on Thursday over the 2017 Kodanad heist and murder case with the enquiry set to continue on April 22 also A special Investigation Team led by West Zone IG R Sudhakar questioned Sasikala for nearly six hours at her T Nagar residence here mainly based on the deposition by the estate Manager Natarajan a few years ago police sources said Prior to her demise in December 2016 Jayalalithaa used the property in the hilly Nilgiris district as a retreat On April 24 in 2017 security guard Om Bahadur was found murdered and some documents and articles were reportedly stolen from the bungalow According to police sources the team asked Sasikala about her last visit to the bungalow the documents and cash maintained there and whether she had met the driver Kanagaraj who died in an accident in Salem five days after after the heist Assuring full cooperation for the investigation Sasikala reportedly remarked it was unfortunate that murder took place in the bungalow where Jayalalithaa used to stay and wanted stringent punishment to the culprits Sasikala was serving prison term in Bengaluru in a disproportionate assets case when the incident occurred Later in the day Sasikala told the waiting media the enquiry would continue on Friday as well PTI NVM SA SA
Chennai Mar 23 PTI The truth known to God has now come to peoples notice as well through AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam who deposed before an inquiry panel that he does not have suspicion on the circumstances related to late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaas death in 2016 according to her confidante V K Sasikala Sasikala said this to reporters on Wednesday when asked about Panneerselvams OPS deposition in this connection That truth has now come to the notice of people as well and there may be a delay but nobody could change or hide the truth she said On OPSs remark that he has respect and admiration for her Sasikala said He has spoken the truth On the lack of signals from the AIADMK top leadership seen as a reference to positive tidings on her being inducted again into the party while she has been visiting supporters she said she does not have any regret Following the death of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran in 1987 Sasikala said Amma as Jayalalithaa was fondly addressed was alone since then The confidante said she did not give importance to the present stand of the AIADMK leadership Also she said cadres are the partys roots and hence they alone matter Though K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam together constitute the top leadership the former is seen to be having an upper hand and he is reportedly averse to the idea of re-admitting her into the party On March 22 OPS told the A Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry that personally he has no suspicion in connection with Jayalalithaas death In view of public opinion the AIADMK leader had said that he had demanded a probe into the circumstances surrounding the death When Sasikalas counsel Raja Senthoorpandian asked if he still held her in esteem at a personal level Pannerselvam answered that personally he had respect and admiration for Sasikala PTI VGN NVG NVG
Chennai Feb 24 PTI Rich tributes were paid to Tamil Nadus former Chief Minister and iconic leader J Jayalalithaa on her 74th birth anniversary on ThursdayThe state government led by secretary of Tamil Development and Information Department Mahesan Kasirajan and Director of DIPR V P Jeyaseelan paid floral tributes to a portrait of the six-time Chief Minister kept at her decorated statue on Kamarajar Road hereAIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam partys coordinator and K Palaniswami co-coordinator led the party in paying floral tributes to their leader whom they fondly address as Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi revolutionary leaderJayalalithaa February 24 1948 - December 5 2016 was instrumental in ensuring 69 percent reservation in Tamil Nadu Her numerous welfare initiatives such as Amma canteen Amma pharmacy and gold for Thali mangalsutra for poor women free laptop for students to name a few were a spontaneous hit among the peopleRecalling her often quoted catchphrase I am because of the people I am for the people Makkalal naan makkalukkagave naan Palaniswami called upon the party members to take a pledge to fulfill the aspirations of the revolutionary leader Meanwhile the AIADMK members elected in the just concluded urban civic polls in the state dedicated their victory to the late Chief Minister Party members distributed sweets and organised Annadhanam to mark the occasionTamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran and her former aide V K Sasikala were also among those who paid floral tributes to the leaderHer Poes Garden residence here sprang to life today with her niece and nephew J Deepa and Deepak paying floral tributes to a decorated portrait of Jayalalithaa PTI JSP ROH ROH
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 10 (ANI): After a long legal battle, Deepa Jayakumar on Friday received the keys of the Poes Garden bungalow of her late aunt and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 30 (ANI): Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Minister and former MP Anwar Raja on Saturday said that expelled leader VK Sasikala and AIADMK leaders should join forces and work together.
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