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Party posting as per norms, Sasikala tells EC
March 10, 2017
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala Natarajan has told the Election Commission that all rules and regulations were followed in her appointment as the party’s general secretary.
According to sources, Sasikala’s lawyers handed over her reply to the commission notice through a 70-page letter.
It was only last week the commission rejected AIADMK’s claim on the elevation of Sasikala as general secretary, saying TTV Dinakaran, who signed the letter, was not in its list of the party’s office-bearers.
It asked Sasikala to either sign the response herself or by an authorised signatory who is in the commission’s list of AIADMK office-bearers by March 10.
“Dinakaran (Sasikala’s nephew, who was recently reinducted into the party and nominated AIADMK deputy general secretary) is not an office bearer of your party as per the Commission’s record. The reply should either be submitted under your own signature or you may duly authorise somebody to do so on your behalf,” the EC said.
The notice was sent to Sasikala based on a complaint by the rebel team led by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam.
