No number of Sasikalas can harm AIADMK, says min

No number of Sasikalas can harm AIADMK, says min

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:08.02.2021 

State fisheries minister D Jayakumar on Sunday put up a brave front, dismissing suggestions that he and his colleagues had been nervous about talking to reporters about V K Sasikala. “Let any number of Sasikalas come, they cannot harm AIADMK,” he told reporters on Sunday. On Saturday, a video, where three AIADMK ministers appeared to be reluctant to talk to reporters and were seen goading the other, was widely circulated on social media.

The AIADMK delegation had met the press on Saturday after a meeting with the state director general of police (DGP), where they lodged a second complaint against Sasikala and her nephew and AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran. “We should not go by social media trends. It may not reflect the reality of what exactly happened,” Jayakumar told reporters on Sunday. “With the party having decided against the reentry of Sasikala, there is no room for any hesitation on our part,” Jayakumar said.

“When the law minister was present, it was only appropriate for him to address the media. It was the case earlier too, when deputy coordinator K P Munusamy was present and he spoke to the media. If they were not there, I would have addressed the media,” Jayakumar said.

According to him, Sasikala and Dhinakaran are functioning as the ‘B-Team’ of the DMK. They have nothing to do with the AIADMK. If she continues to use the AIADMK flag, the police and the law will take its course, he said.

“We want the AIADMK to come back to power once again in Tamil Nadu without the interference of Sasikala’s family and we are all working hard towards achieving that,” Jayakumar said. On deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam running a separate campaign in the media and promoting himself, Jayakumar said he will remain with the party forever and there need not be any doubt about that.

With the party having decided against the re-entry of Sasikala, there is no room for any hesitation on our part

D JAYAKUMAR | fisheries min