Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala is scheduled to return to Tamil Nadu on February 7 after completing her quarantine in Bengaluru.
After spending four years in jail in connection with a disproportionate assets case, former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala has been released from the Central Prison, Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The Income-Tax department on Tuesday attached properties worth Rs 1,600 crores belonging to former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala under the provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, IT sources said.
His husband, Maruthappa, expired on Tuesday at around 1.35 a.m. at the Gleneagles Global hospital in Chennai due to multiple organ failures at the age of 75.
According to the death certificate, the 75-year-old died due to multiple-organ failure.
“We have decided to ignore them in the party and in the administration. Hereafter, we will act independently, without the interference of that family,” said Tamil Nadu Law Minister C.V. Shanmugam.
“During the election campaigning in R.K. Nagar many malpractices were done and Rs. 4000 were offered to each voter. We have submitted all this to the Election Commission yesterday and asked to inquire into the matter,” Panneerselvam said.
This comes after state Finance Minister D. Jayakumar on Monday hinted at the possibility of a merger between the two groups.
DMK’s working president M.K.Stalin is leading the strike, as he had earlier announced that his party will launch a state-wide hunger strike.
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