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Tamil Nadu crisis: Can the governor defer Sasikala's quest for power?

The Supreme Court will pronounce a judgement on Jayalalithaa's DA case today

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Reports suggest that Tamil Nadu governor Vidyasagar Rao is inclined to wait till the Supreme Court delivers its verdict on the appeals in the disproportionate assets cases against V.K. Sasikala, who has been elected legislative leader of the AIADMK.
This suggests that the governor is satisfied that Sasikala enjoys majority support in the AIADMK, despite claims to the contrary by the faction led by the chief minister O. Panneerselvam.

The only hurdle that Sasikala faces to get the governor’s invitation is Article 164(4) of the constitution, which says that a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not

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