AIADMK Talks Break-Up After Tamil Nadu BJP Chief's Dig At Jayalalithaa
NDTV
The AIADMK, already miffed by the controversial comments of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, has given an ultimatum to the party: "Rein him in, or else...".
The BJP's loss in Karnataka may soon be compounded with a break with its only ally in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK. The southern ally, already miffed by the controversial comments of state BJP chief K Annamalai, has given an ultimatum to the party: "Rein him in, or else...".
Mr Annamalai, who divides his time equally between needling the DMK and AIADMK, has made a comment the ally finds it hard to overlook.
AIADMK icon former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, he tacitly indicated in an interview with an English daily, was convicted in a disproportionate assets case.
The statement is factually incorrect. Although Jayalalithaa's aide Sasikala and a few others were ultimately convicted by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case in which the former Chief Minister was the prime accused, Jayalalithaa died before the final verdict. So while the top court's verdict nullified the favourable verdict by the Karnataka High Court, it did not convict her technically.
