Why return of Sasikala makes AIADMK nervous in Tamil Nadu
Why return of Sasikala makes AIADMK nervous in Tamil Nadu
Sasikala is back in Tamil Nadu and its politics as the state is going to witness assembly elections a couple of months down the line.
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File picture of Sasikala (India Today)
Sasikala is back in Tamil Nadu and its politics as the state is going to witness assembly elections a couple of months down the line. She was serving a jail term in Bengaluru and got out of prison in January but stayed in the city as she contracted Covid-19.
Updated Jan 27, 2021 · 01:21 pm A file photo of former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala. | PTI
Former All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader VK Sasikala was released from prison on Wednesday, reported PTI. She will, however, remain in hospital as she is being treated for the coronavirus infection.
A huge crowd lined up outside the Victoria Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, and shouted slogans in her support. Some distributed sweets in celebration. The procedures for her release were completed at the hospital itself.
Sasikala, who was a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa, was convicted in a disproportionate assets case on February 14, 2017. She is set to be released after paying a Rs 10-crore fine, failing which her imprisonment would have been extended by 13 more months.