Expelled AIADMK MP Writes to PM, Opposes Sasikala as Tamil Nadu CM

Sasikala Pushpa opposed Sasikala Natarajan becoming CM on the grounds that she had a “criminal background”.

Sasikala Natarajan (L) and expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa (R). (Photo: Altered by The Quint)

Expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP Sasikala Puspha on Monday opposed party chief Sasikala Natarajan becoming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, alleging she had a “criminal background”.

In letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, she said:

It is condemnable to nominate or invite Sasikala Natarajan to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu due to her criminal background. Criminal cases are pending and she has also been convicted in some cases.

Pushpa was apparently referring to the disproportionate assets case against late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in which Sasikala was a co-accused and convicted by the trial court in Bengaluru.

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Pushpa also alleged that Sasikala, who was elected leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party paving the way for her to become the Chief Minister, had “not done any basic work to the party”.

The then Chief Minister (J Jayalalithaa) did not even proposed her (Sasikala) as a candidate when she was in hospital. When she will be the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, there would be law and order problems.

She urged Modi and Rao “not to recommend or invite Sasikala to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu”.

Pushpa had recently filed a complaint with the Election Commission claiming that the election of Sasikala as AIADMK General Secretary was not done as per procedure, following which the panel had sought the party's response.

(With inputs from PTI)