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| office2 = General secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | |||
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2016|12|29|df=yes}} | | term_start2 = {{Start date|2016|12|29|df=yes}} | ||
| term_end2 = 12 September 2017<ref name="sasioust" /> | | term_end2 = 12 September 2017<ref name="sasioust" /> | ||
| predecessor2 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]] | | predecessor2 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]] | ||
| successor2 = ''Position abolished'' | deputy2 = [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] | | successor2 = ''Position abolished'' | deputy2 = [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] | ||
| birth_name = Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala | | birth_name = Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sasikala | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|08|18|df=yes}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|08|18|df=yes}} | ||
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| relatives = [[Political families of Tamil Nadu#The V. K. Sassikala Family - Multi Parties|Sassikala Family]] | | relatives = [[Political families of Tamil Nadu#The V. K. Sassikala Family - Multi Parties|Sassikala Family]] | ||
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'''Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sassikala''' {{efn|In 2001 Sasikala appended an additional letter "s" to her name for [[numerological]] reasons.<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2001/06/18/name.html |archive-url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2001/06/18/name.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 18 2001 |title=நியூமராலஜி படி பெயர் மாற்றிய ஜெ.-சசி |date=June 18 2001|newspaper=[[Oneindia Tamil]] |access-date=June 18 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sassikala-springs-tansi-plot/cid/867014 |title=Sassikala springs Tansi plot |author=R. Venkatraman|work=Telegram Online |access-date=September 25 2002 |archive-url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sassikala-springs-tansi-plot/cid/867014 |archive-date=September 25 2002 |url-status=dead }}. May 2009.</ref>}} (born 18 August 1954), also known Sasikala Natarajan and VKS, is an Indian businesswoman and politician | '''Vivekanandan Krishnaveni Sassikala''' {{efn|In 2001 Sasikala appended an additional letter "s" to her name for [[numerological]] reasons.<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2001/06/18/name.html |archive-url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2001/06/18/name.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 18 2001 |title=நியூமராலஜி படி பெயர் மாற்றிய ஜெ.-சசி |date=June 18 2001|newspaper=[[Oneindia Tamil]] |access-date=June 18 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sassikala-springs-tansi-plot/cid/867014 |title=Sassikala springs Tansi plot |author=R. Venkatraman|work=Telegram Online |access-date=September 25 2002 |archive-url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sassikala-springs-tansi-plot/cid/867014 |archive-date=September 25 2002 |url-status=dead }}. May 2009.</ref>}} (born 18 August 1954), also known Sasikala Natarajan and VKS, is an Indian businesswoman and politician whose cadre revered her as their "Chinnamma" (Mother's sister) "Puratchi Thaai" (Revolutionary mother). She was a close friend of [[J. Jayalalithaa]], the late [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], who headed the AIADMK from 1989 until her death in 2016. After Jayalalithaa's death, the party's general council elected her as the secretary general of AIADMK. She Was removed her from the post on 20 August 2017.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2016/dec/29/aiadmk-unanimously-elects-sasikala-as-the-party-general-secretary-1554145--1.html | title=AIADMK unanimously elects Sasikala as the party general secretary | newspaper=[[New Indian Express]] | date=29 December 2016 | accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sasikala-has-accepted-aiadmk-general-secretary-post-paneerselvam-says/articleshow/56233725.cms | title=Sasikala has accepted AIADMK general secretary post, Paneerselvam says | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Julie Mariappan | date=29 December 2016 | accessdate=19 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
Sassikala was backbone for J Jayalalithaa. On 14 February 2017, a two-bench Supreme Court jury pronounced her guilty and ordered her immediate arrest in a disproportionate-assets case, effectively ending her chief ministerial ambitions. She was released in January 2021, and announced that till Tamilnadu General Election 2021 she will be calm for the good for the AIADMK party | Sassikala was backbone for J Jayalalithaa. On 14 February 2017, a two-bench Supreme Court jury pronounced her guilty and ordered her immediate arrest in a disproportionate-assets case, effectively ending her chief ministerial ambitions. She was released in January 2021, and announced that till Tamilnadu General Election 2021 she will be calm for the good for the AIADMK party. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == |
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