Chennai: A court in Chennai on Monday upheld AIADMK general body's decision to expel VK Sasikala from the party. Sasikala had filed a case in the Chennai City Civil Court against removal from the post of AIADMK General Secretary. The court dismissed her plea following an interlocutory application from AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam and joint coordinator K Palaniswami, the party's Legal Wing Joint Secretary A M Babu Murugavel said.
Sasikala was elected General Secretary of the party on February 29, 2016, after the demise of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. However, soon after, Sasikala was arrested in the disproportionate assets case and was lodged in Bengaluru jail. At the AIADMK general body meeting in September 2017, she was removed from the post of the general secretary by convener O. Panneerselvam and co-convener Edappadi Palanisamy.