VK Sasikala's Calls With Workers Give Mixed Signals Of Political Plans

In a conversation that was shared widely on social media in the last week of May, Sasikala is heard telling a supporter, "Don't worry. Be courageous. I will come after the pandemic is over."

Telephonic conversations between ousted AIADMK chief VK Sasikala and some of her supporters are giving mixed signals about her political plans, months after her release from jail and the AIADMK's defeat in the Tamil Nadu assembly election. In one such conversation that was shared widely on social media in the last week of May, which her team confirmed that it's her voice, she is heard telling a supporter, "Don't worry. Be courageous. I will come after the pandemic is over." The party worker is heard responding, "We are with you, Amma." Former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, who is AIADMK's number two, dismissed it as Ms Sasikala's chat with an AMMK worker and nothing to do with AIADMK workers. However, in another conversation, Ms Sasikala is heard talking to a reported AIADMK worker in which she tacitly targeted EPS. "Chinamma is speaking to those supporters who wrote to her as she couldn't write back to them since there were no courier services due to the lockdown. She gives them a pep talk," a source close to Ms Sasikala told NDTV.