Apparently Sasikala (looks like that is the correct sp. Mr. K) used to "live with" the Chief Minister. What weirdness!
Well, you know how sometimes some of the people living in the same house are given the boot! Or at least the rolling pin!
I have no personal knowledge, but googled and found this.
"Party insiders said Jayalalithaa had learnt of an alleged secret plan by Sasikala to seize control if Jayalalithaa was convicted in a disproportionate-assets case that she is facing , and is forced to step down."
Jayalalithaa sacks confidant Sasikala & Co - Yahoo!
n a brief statement, the AIADMK chief, who took power in May, asked party members not to have any dealing with the expelled lot.
There was no immediate reaction from Sasikala, who used to live with the chief minister and was frequently seen in her company both at private and public events.
The others expelled from the AIADMK are V. Baskaran, T.T.V. Dinakaran, Diwakar, V.N. Sudhakaran, S. Venkatesh, M. Ramachandran, Ravanan, Mohan, Kulothungan and Rajarajan.
Jayalalithaa gave no reasons why she was taking this extreme step. But party sources said this could be due to widespread charges of interference by Sasikala and her associates in the running of the administration.
It was a week ago that Jayalalithaa had indicated to some of her ministers that it would be good if they distanced themselves from Sasikala.
It is rumoured that the Sasikala group was keen on bringing the AIADMK under their control fearing Jayalalithaa could be convicted in the disproportionate assets case now being heard in Bangalore.
"Sasikala had emerged so powerful that few people could reach the chief minister without her (Sasikala's) knowledge and permission," said a senior government official who did not want to be identified.
The sacking comes ahead of AIADMK's executive and general council meetings slated for Dec 30 here.
Jayalalithaa sacks long-time confidant Sasikala [newKerala.com News # 129755]
Now coming to Jayalalitha and her recent action against Sasikala, it appears she has acted in haste without knowing her strength and weakness. Her need for Sasikala and her knowledge of the caste loyalties and leverage with caste chieftains of various districts was more than Sasikla's need of Jaya for exercise of power. I think the struggle is going to be an attrition. It may result in the AIADMK ultimately losing its hold over the powerful and numerically important caste groups for votes. The monolith AIADMK may slowly bleed and become anaemic in course of time. With the wheel chair bound MK and the Jaya living in her ivory tower it may be interesting to watch who has the leadership material in Tamilnadu to grab the opportunity and stake a claim to the Gaddi.
Cheers.
It would do a lot of good to the tabras if SVS and Cho keep quite attending to their filmdom and magazine pocket Burroughs.
if cho aligns with J, it is aboslutely the end of J. cho is hated by everyone except tambrams.
Cho is the instrument in bringing alliance between jj and capatain(?). Eventhough he is hatred, but his Tuglag played major part to bring limelight about dravidian poliicies ( no body knows what is dravidian policy?)
As per magazine/ newspaper reports, J consults modi, and gets advice and feed back. If this is true, and if she follows the advice, good period has dawned on tamilnadu.
modi is a good administrator. but gujarat development is his first priority.
recently he was in tamil nadu, and while the tamil leaders sat stunned, he convinced a good number of tamil nadu intended businesses to shift to gujarat.
two days ago, the huge renault car plant, which was already committed to be in tamil nadu, was announced to be shifted to gujarat.
and a bunch more has followed suit.
tamil nadu govt and bureaucracy in state of shock.
i would like to warn folks, that just because you like modi, dont think he is good for tamil nadu or a big big buddy buddy system is developing. in politics each is for himself and that is the way it is.
JJ reminds me a bit of Queen Elizabeth I, the virgin queen. Aside from the lack of red hair, there are quite a few similarities...
JJ reminds me a bit of Queen Elizabeth I, the virgin queen. Aside from the lack of red hair, there are quite a few similarities...