Sasikala family responsible for Jayalalithaa's death: Senior AIADMK leader

Remark made during a political rally in Tamil Nadu

In a major political twist, a senior minister from the ruling faction of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party alleged that V K Sasikala's family was responsible for the death of Tamil Nadu's former chief minister, J Jayalalithaa.
 

Addressing a political rally, Tamil Nadu forest minister Dindigul C Sreenivasan said that the Sasikala family barred everyone from meeting the ailing CM on the grounds that contact could spread infection. The leader pointed that even state governor was not allowed to see Jayalalithaa. BJP President Amit Shah, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi were