Sasikala did nothing for AIADMK during polls, says Kadambur Raju
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‘Panneerselvam and Palaniswami will decide on her re-entry into party’
Coordinator of the AIADMK O. Panneerselvam and party’s co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami will decide about the re-entry of Jayalalithaa’s close confidante V.K. Sasikala, who did nothing for party’s victory in the recently concluded Assembly polls, former Minister and Kovilpatti MLA Kadambur C. Raju has said. The MLA was speaking to reporters here on Monday after distributing kabasura kudineer and masks to the public on behalf of AIADMK’s Information Technology Wing. The former Minister said Mr. Palaniswami had made the party’s stance very clear on the hypothetical question on Ms. Sasikala’s re-entry into the party and on her purported conversations with a few, which were being shared on the social media. Ms. Sasikala, who was speaking about her re-entry into the AIADMK, did nothing for the party’s victory in the recently held Assembly elections. Hence, any decision taken by the coordinator and the co-coordinator on her re-entry into AIADMK would be final, Mr. Raju said.
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