Chennai: The AIADMK would have a new general secretary soon, party spokesperson C Ponnaiyan said on Saturday, adding that the choice would be unanimous.
Ponnaiyan added that the leadership question in the party may be settled without any formal election. “I think there will not be any election for this post,” he said.
The political circuit has been rife with speculation that Jayalalithaa’s close aide Sasikala Natarajan, who has not held any government or party position till date, may formally take over the party reins.
Some AIADMK cadre are said to be unhappy with the re-emergence of Sasikala, who has a disproportionate assets case pending against her, and her family members following Jayalalithaa’s demise. Some have even questioned the security cover given to Sasikala when she visited the house of Cho Ramaswamy to pay her last respects to the actor-turned-journalist.
Sasikala, called Chinnamma, was running a video cassette shop when she befriended Jayalalithaa in early 1980s. She has been a shadow of the AIADMK leader ever since but never held any official post within the party or the state government. In 2011, Jayalalithaa expelled Sasikala from Poes Garden, but the two reunited months later when Sasikala distanced herself from her family to prove loyalty towards Jayalalithaa.
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