Rumblings in Sasikala's family intensifies

The rumblings in the extended family of V K Sasikala, jailed aide of late J Jayalalithaa, intensified with her nephew Jeyanandh Dhivakaran today hitting out at T T V Dhinakaran for "trying to change the identity" of his aunt by offering her a role in his new party.

Jeyanandh is the son of Sasikala's brother V Dhivakaran, who has been engaged in a war of words with his nephew Dhinakaran, the sidelined AIADMK leader who later floated his party, Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK).

Responding to reporters' queries on Dhinakaran's reported statement that Sasikala could be given a leadership role in AMMK, Jeyanandh said the R K Nagar MLA was "trying to change the identity" of Sasikala.

"AIADMK is the initials (identity) of Sasikala. When she went to prison (last year in a disproportionate assets case), she had handed over the party called AIADMK, its two leaves (symbol) and the party flag to Dhinakaran."