4 ministers urge Sasikala to take up reins of govt

Four state ministers today urged Sasikala, long time aide of Jayalalithaa, to take up the reins of government and also lead AIADMK.
A resolution to this effect was passed at a meeting of the Tirunelveli Urban Jaya Peravai (Forum) led by AIADMK's state secretary and revenue minister R B Udhayakumar.
Others who participated in the meeting were V M Rajalakshmi, Sevoor Ramachandran and Kadambur Raju.
After the demise of Jayalalithaa on December 5, state ministers and leaders, including party presidium chairman E Madusudanan, AIADMK treasurer and Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai had urged Sasikala take on the mantle of General Secretary and lead the party.

Sasikala, 60, had been a close aide of Jayalalithaa for three decades and was always seen as a power centre in AIADMK.