Sasikala’s Removal as General Secretary
Following Jayalalithaa’s death in December 2016, there was a power vacuum in the AIADMK, and Sasikala was chosen by the General Council to be the general secretary of the party. Soon after, O Panneerselvam, who was sworn in as chief minister, was forced to step down to pave way for Sasikala to be made the CM. He, however, rebelled against her, splitting the AIADMK.
When Sasikala was convicted in the DA case, she, in turn, told the AIADMK that Edappadi Palaniswami will be the chief minister.
However, EPS later patched up with OPS, merging the two factions. Among the conditions OPS laid down to merge the two factions was that both Sasikala and her nephew Dhinakaran had to be kept away from the party. Keeping this in mind, the AIADMK had in September 2017 removed Sasikala as party General Secretary and TTV Dhinakaran as Deputy General Secretary.
Both Sasikala and Dhinakaran, however, have challenged the removal pointing out that only the party…
