Team News Riveting
Chennai, February 10
With the return of V K Sasikala in Chennai, political temperature in Tamil Nadu had soared.
Sasikala claimed the legacy of MGR, the AIADMK mentor, while her opponent led by Chief Minister Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had preferred not to react. Instead, they had locked horns on the issue of the crowd that mobilised to welcome Sasikala on her return to Chennai after a four-year jail term.
While Fisheries Minister Jayakumar alleged that the people were paid money to welcome Sasikala, AMMK founder and Sasikala supporter TTV Dhinakaran said they were all true followers of ‘Amma’.
In a statement to the party cadre, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran on Wednesday said, “I have never seen such a grand reception throughout the way for such a long hour till now despite the pressures and restrictions applied by the ruling party. How did this happen?”
How lakhs of people gathered but no violence took place and everything took place like military control. How did he create this magic when several leaders thought that the crowd was gathered only to incite violence and to damage public property as a show of strength? “The only answer for this is they are the true followers of Amma,” TTV Dhinakaran said referring to the petition given by AIADMK Ministers to DGP JK Tripathy.
On Saturday, Tamil Nadu Ministers met DGP JK Tripathy alleging that AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and VK Sasikala were planning to incite violence in order to disturb the law and order situation in the state.
After the press meet on Saturday, AIADMK members did not immediately comment on the return of Sasikala and ministers were also seen to be nervous and reluctant when questioned about the former AIADMK leader. However, breaking the silence, Minister Jayakumar on Wednesday said that they (Dhinakaran and Sasikala) organised people with money but the roadshow will be forgotten soon.
Jayakumar said, “Former Chief Ministers MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa successfully established themselves in the movie industry and sacrificed their lives by working for the people. This is the history of the big leaders but you cannot become a leader within one day by just creating magic.”
“The event will be like a passing cloud and they (AMMK) have organized people by paying money,” he said.
