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Amma’s legacy is corrupt: Sasikala, OPS, Pandian or Palani cannot save Tamil Nadu

  • Sasikala and Panneerselvam have been using Jaya’s name for all their decisions
  • Both are trying to get people’s sympathy by presenting themselves as her heirs
  • But in reality, aren’t they trying to just get hold of the power for themselves and not for Jaya’s sake?
Sasikala OPS cheating Tamilians and tarnishing Jayalalithaas image SC verdict

 

In a major ruling the Supreme Court today pronounced Sasikala and her two associates guilty in the disproportionate assets case.

 

The Supreme Court had on February 23, last year commenced the final hearing on the appeals against Jayalalithaa's acquittal in the case; however, after some hearings, on June 7, the apex court reserved verdict on the case against Jayalalithaa. However, much before the final verdict, Jayalalithaa died after prolonged illness in Chennai on December 5.

 

Sasikala OPS cheating Tamilians and tarnishing Jayalalithaas image SC verdict

 

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First of all, if Jayalalithaa was alive, both Sasikala and Panneerselvam would not have got any chance to stake a claim on the CM’s position. There were high chances that if Jayalalithaa was convicted, she would have again appointed Panneerselvam to the post of CM and in most probability, he would not have planned a coup against his God Jayalalithaa.

 

Just like the AIADMK did not have any second-rung leader to be unanimously made as the CM in the absence of Amma, there is no other God (apart from Jayalalithaa) to be projected. Of course, people of Tamil Nadu cannot call Sasikala as their god, just because she was with Jayalalithaa and Panneerselvam was also till recently considered as a rubber stamp and doesn’t carry the aura of God.

 

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After MGR, it was only Jayalalithaa who had the calibre of being treated as a god and despite being an accused in the disproportionate assets case, she did not allow her image to be tarnished in front of her ‘makkal’.

 

Sasikala OPS cheating Tamilians and tarnishing Jayalalithaas image SC verdict

 

But the developments after her death led to situations, where every effort was made to tarnish Jayalalithaa’s image by her close ones Sasikala and Panneerselvam. Though both tried to take Amma’s name before any of their decisions, people are not ready to accept them as their gods and ditch Jayalalithaa yet. When compared, Panneerselvam has a cleaner record and political experience, but Sasikala even lacks those two qualities, especially after she was declared guilty by the Supreme Court.

 

But the fact is that Amma too is no god, and even she would have to be imprisoned if she was alive. This is no way makes politics a clean affair. Currently, post death of Jayalalithaa, the way Sasikala and Panneerselvam with their respective camps are fighting for the powerful post is a clear example of the dirty political game.

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