V. K. Sassikala

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Early life

Sasikala was born in a Tamil family from Chennai who later moved to Mannargudi. Her marriage to M. Natarajan was presided over by DMK leader M. Karunanidhi. Her husband, was a public relations officer in the Government of Tamil Nadu, who worked closely with the District Collector of Cuddalore, V. S. Chandralekha, who in turn was very close to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran. This helped Sasikala in gaining the friendship of Jayalalithaa and shaped her further life..

Early career

In the early 1980s, through V. S. Chandralekha, who was then the District Collector of South Arcot, and a friend of M.Natarajan, Sasikala gained acquaintance with Jayalalithaa, who was then the Propaganda Secretary of the AIADMK. Since Sasikala helped in video coverage of party meetings and distribution of policies of AIADMK through CD's, Sasikala and Jayalalithaa gradually became very close. After MGR's Death Sasikala Only with Jayalalitha.After, JJ Become General Secretary Of Aiadmk And Chief Minister Of Tamil Nadu, Sasikala Become a Powercentre.Jayalalithaa indulged in public displays of wealth, culminating in a lavish wedding for her foster son VN Sudhakaran (VK Sasikala's elder sister son) in 1995. In the 1996 election,AIADMK defeated ;The new Karunanidhi government filed several corruption cases against her and JJ.In June 20, 1996,Sasikala Was arrested for some cases,she had to spend 1 year in jail.in 1997 she was realsed.In 1999,Jayalalithaa appeared in an episode of Rendezvous with Simi Garewal,She tells 'Sasikala Will My Second Mother'.In 2001,Jayalalithaa was disqualified from holding office and forced ,Sasikala Was Suggested O. Panneerselvam as Chief Minister.In 2006,Sassikala Become Aiadmk General Council Member.

Temporary expulsion from AIADMK

On 27 August 1996, Jayalalitha Expelled his long time- associate Sasikala And quoted,'I and Sasikala no longer have any relationship I am most indebted to my friend for giving me spiritual prosperity and love during my difficult times. But I feel that the party is more important than a few individuals as I am compelled to stay away from Sasikala and Sudhakaran completely from you if the party members change'.After 1997 July Sasikala Relesed She Said,“Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi and Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram acted to seek revenge on Sasikala. He was retaliated against for the sole reason that Sassikala was close to me. Sassikala was not the cause of the 1996 election defeat. I had to break up with Sasikala, who had been with me during the ups and downs of my life, because of issues raised by my opponents within the party. ”On 19 December 2011, Jayalalithaa expelled Sasikala and 13 others including Sasikala's husband M. Natarajan, T. T. V. Dhinakaran, their relatives, and Jayalalithaa's foster son V. N. Sudhakaran from the AIADMK. This act of Jayalalithaa was considered a way to prove that she was not under the influence of Sasikala and her family. The matter was resolved by 31 March 2012, when Sasikala was reinstated as a party member after issuing a written apology.

General Secretary of AIADMK

In a meeting held on 29 December 2016 – the first meeting after Jayalalithaa's death on 5 December 2016 – the AIADMK general council selected Sasikala as the party's general secretary.

Chief Minister Elect of Tamil Nadu

On 5 February 2017, Sasikala was unanimously elected as the AIADMK Legislature Party Leader by a meeting of all the MLAs in the party. Tamil Nadu Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao accepted the resignation of Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on 6 February 2017, and instructed him to continue to function as acting Chief Minister "until alternate arrangements are made". The Governor delayed announcing VK Sasikala as the new Chief Minister, waiting for the verdict of the disproportionate assets case on her. On February 14, 2017, VK Sasikala was convicted and sentenced to 4 years sentence in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Jail and gave her 24 hours to surrender. The governor, then rejected her claims to become Chief Minister. VK Sasikala then convened the party's MLA council in her capacity as the General Secretary. There,She announced Edappadi K. Palanisamy was unanimously appointed as the new Chief Minister and he was sworn in the next day.

Expulsion

On August 21, 2017, it was reported that the AIADMK faction loyal to Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, had decided to merge with the faction of O. Panneerselvam, and expel Sasikala as the General Secretary as it was one of the key demands for the merger. It was reported on August 28 that Sasikala had been expelled during a party meeting, but this was later clarified to be not true. Among the resolutions passed, the AIADMK declared that Sasikala's appointment as general secretary was disputable and as such, T. T. V. Dhinakaran's appointment as deputy general secretary, as well as his decisions were cancelled. It also decided to celebrate M. G. Ramachandran's birth centenary in a lavish manner and keep the pa rty united.

On September 12, the AIADMK general council decided to cancel Sasikala's appointment as general secretary and expelled her from the party, though officials appointed to party posts by her were allowed to continue discharging their functions. Instead, the late J. Jayalalithaa was named the eternal general secretary of AIADMK.

Re-entering in politics

The expulsion of Sasikala and her family led to the new parties in 2018 Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam And Anna Dravidar Kazhagam,Anna Mgr Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. T.T.V.Dhinakaran And V.K.Dhivakaran,T.T.V.Bhasakar was the general secretaries of that parties.

After being released from jail, Sasikala announced her intention to return to active politics in February 2021. On March 3 however, she announced her decision to quit politics. After that, Sassikala, who was talking to her supporters on her cell phone, went to the memorial of J.Jayalalithaa on October 16, 2021 and started a week-long political tour after paying.