Edappadi Palanisamy might break his silence on Sasikala

CHENNAI: With TTV Dhinakaran set to resume his activities as AIADMK deputy general secretary, political corridors were abuzz with speculation that Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy will finally speak out publicly against VK Sasikala. He is expected to use the public opinion against the jailed AIADMK leader, who has been convicted for corruption by the Supreme Court, as a powerful argument.

Social media was also full of speculation about Palanisamy breaking his silence in the public domain on the Sasikala family on Friday, a day before Dhinakaran is expected to come to the AIADMK headquarters after a three-month hiatus.

Sources said the EPS camp feels that the Chief Minister himself speaking publicly against the Sasikala family – including Dhinakaran, Dhivakaran and Dr Venkatesh – will put an end to all speculation and accusation against him by the O. Pannerselvam camp that he was “indirectly being led by Sasikala.”

Palanisamy, in fact, led his cabinet colleagues in deciding not to have any truck with the Sasikala family in April but has not spoken against them in public. For the past few days, the chief minister has been holding meetings with his ministers and senior party colleagues on the need to stay together in their resolve to keep the family out of the party.