"Divide And Rule" Tactic Won't Work: AIADMK Slams VK Sasikala Over "Audio Politics"

Such designs would never succeed, Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar asserted and wondered how VK Sasikala could stake claim to the party when she was not even a primary member.

Senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar on Wednesday slammed VK Sasikala, confidante of late party supremo J Jayalalithaa, for attempting to create confusion in the party using "audio politics" and for trying to "divide and rule." Such designs would never succeed, the former Minister asserted and wondered how Ms Sasikala could stake claim to the party when she was not even a primary member. Against the backdrop of her talking over phone with a section of AIADMK functionaries in recent times and who were subsequently expelled from the party, Mr Jayakumar alleged she was trying to create confusion. Hence, she indulged in "audio politics" (a pointer to her phone conversations which are being made available to media outlets and shared in social media) and no AIADMK worker would accept it, he told reporters in Chennai.