From the jump, the AIADMK-BJP alliance in Tamil Nadu was a consequence of the support needed by factions of the Dravidian party to take control of the government and the party after the death of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in 2016.
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.