"Can't Be Silent Spectator": VK Sasikala In Latest Purported Audio Clip

Today's audio clip is one of several that have been shared widely on social media over the past few weeks, with the sum total of the conversations sending mixed signals about Sasikala's plans

Fresh audio clips of VK Sasikala, the ousted chief of Tamil Nadu's AIADMK, speaking to party functionaries and supporters sympathetic to her political return have surfaced, in which she can be heard saying "there is a need to lead the party in a fair way" and "we can't be silent spectators". "I will come in after lockdown... " Sasikala can also be heard, repeating what she was taped saying last week; she'd told a party worker: "Don't worry. I will come after the pandemic is over." AIADMK leader D Jayakumar has slammed Sasikala for using "audio politics" to try and create confusion in the party's ranks. She will never succeed in this, the former minister told news agency PTI, pointing out that Sasikala isn't even a primary member of the party. Another senior leader and former minister, KC Veeramani, said Sasikala was speaking to "some black sheep" and that the AIADMK's interests were well-guarded by former Chief Ministers Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, and O Panneerselvam, or OPS.