Bengaluru: Sasikala is on a “vow of sil-ence” in the central pris-on here since the death anniversary of former Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa on December 5, the deposed AIADMK leader’s nephew T.T.V. Dhinakaran said on Thursday.
She is serving a four year jail term in the Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate assets case after the Supreme Court convicted her and two others in February this year.
“She is on a mauna viratham (vow of silence) since Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) death anniversary (on December 5),” Mr Dhinakaran told reporters after meeting his aunt in the Parappana Agrahara Prison here.
Ms Sasikala, a close confidante of Jayalalithaa, was expected to continue her silent vow till January end, Mr Dhinakaran said without elaborating.Ms Sasikala’s appointment as interim general secretary following Jayalalithaa’s death has been annulled by the AIADMK general council in September last after the merger of factions led by CM K. Palaniswami and his now deputy O. Panneerselvam.
The meet also held as invalid all her decisions.
