Updated Feb 02, 2021 | 15:16 IST
Sasikala, who cannot contest in elections or hold any position in political office for the next six years, is believed to still hold significant sway among the rank and file of the AIADMK. VK Sasikala. | Photo Credit: PTI
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Her decision to brandish the AIADMK flag on Monday all but confirms suspicions that she intends to return to the party fold
The AIADMK general council on 9 January announced that EPS would be the party s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming elections but the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is yet to publicly endorse his candidature
Some have contended that the BJP may itself seek to bring Sasikala into its ranks as it looks to gain further inroads into a state that it has, historically, struggled to gain a foothold in