Chennai: A day after her loyalist took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ending weeks of uncertainty in the state, AIAMDK chief VK Sasikala and her nephews were ‘removed’ from the party by the O Panneerselvam camp on Friday.
The swearing-in of Edappadi Palaniswami as the CM has spiked tensions in the state caught between VK Sasikala, who is serving time in a Bengaluru jail, and former CM O Panneerselvam. Palaniswami will seek a trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday.
"VK Sasikala is being removed from the party's primary membership for going against the party principles and ideals, and having violated her promise to Amma (Jayalalithaa), besides facing criminal cases. She has brought disrepute to the party," he said in a statement.
Madusudanan, who had joined the Pannneerselvam camp last week, had been replaced with KA Sengottaiyan as the Presidium Chairman by Sasikala, a move rejected by the Panneerselvam camp.
He was also removed from the party's primary membership but insisted Sasikala had no authority to do so.
Madusudanan also announced the "expulsion" of AIADMK Deputy General Secretary TTV Dinakaran and S Venkatesh, both relatives of Sasikala, from the party.
He said Jayalalithaa had earlier (in 2011) expelled them from the party for "betraying" her.
"Their re-induction, done without any authority, is being cancelled," he said.
The two were allowed to join AIADMK on Wednesday by Sasikala, after six years of expulsion by her predecessor Jayalalithaa.
Sasikala had announced that they were being allowed to join after they expressed regret for their acts in person and through letter and requested that they be allowed to join the AIADMK again.
In an intra-party power struggle, Panneerselvam had revolted against Sasikala on February 7, alleging he was forced to step down to make way for her elevation as Chief Minister.
She had been elected the AIADMK Legislature Party leader on February 5 to enable her become chief minister. But the Governor Vidyasagar Rao, had apparently chosen to await the outcome of the Supreme Court verdict in the disproportionate assets case.
(With PTI inputs)
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