Why did jayalalitha expel sasikala

This ended her high-velocity bid to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as she was barred from contesting an election for the next ten years. On July 18, , police officer D Roopa had alleged that Sasikala had bribed senior jail officials with 2 crores for special treatment that included a kitchen that catered meals only for her, says he has the evidence to back her claims. The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons was then transferred and assigned a far more prosaic charge of traffic and road safety in Bengaluru.

The resolution, which did not assign any reason for ousting Sasikala from the top post, however, did not expel her from the party.

The general council also unanimously decided to abolish the post of general secretary of the party. Chennai: V K Sasikala visits Jayalalithaa memorial after 5 years. Sasikala nephew V N Sudhakaran walks out of Bengaluru prison. Sasikala visits Jayalalithaa memorial, signals her comeback to active politics. How a quick trial adds to the intrigue of the Kodanad case.

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With arch-rival Karunanidhi back at the helm, Jayalalithaa found herself embroiled in a number of corruption cases.

She soon announced that she was keeping a distance from her friend. But Sasikala too was named in 39 cases and was arrested in June for alleged illegal foreign exchange transactions. Spending 10 months in jail, Sasikala was reportedly under tremendous pressure to turn approver and implicate Jayalalithaa in the cases, writes R Ramasubramanian in Rediff. Having passed the loyalty test, Sasikala was back in Poes Garden.

But even as she gave up her jewels and her silk sarees, putting the years of ostentation and splendour behind her, best friend Sasikala surrounded Jayalalithaa with her family members, who peddled their influence in the state. Turbulence, however, returned to their friendship in A terse statement issued at the time, instructed AIADMK cadres to not have any truck with Sasikala and the others expelled from the party.

But Sasikala was back in Poes Garden within days of her expulsion. A moving letter she had written was beamed on Jaya TV. For 24 years, I have been living under the same roof.

I have no ambitions either in the party or in the government. I have always devoted my life to 'akka' and the rest of my life will be to serve her. Sasikala did keep her promise, remaining with Jayalalithaa all through her day hospitalisation until her death. Shared gold, knitting: Memorable moments of Tokyo Metaverse: A high-tech plan to Facebookify the world. Google honours India's first woman pilot with a doodle. Boycott calls weigh ahead of Winter Olympics in Beijing. DH Toon Shifting the goalpost makes winning easy.

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