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Chennai: As her swearing-in remained stalled and more MPs deserted her, AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala yesterday said it was &ldquo;very difficult&rdquo; for a woman to be in politics, which she had seen in the time of Jayalalithaa too, and asserted that the MLAs were with her.
&ldquo;As General Secretary, I can tell that the AIADMK government will certainly continue for the next four and a half years and serve people,&rdquo; she said. Speaking to reporters, Sasikala, who was elected the legislature party leader a week ago, termed as &ldquo;fake,&rdquo; a letter in her name and purportedly addressed to Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, that claimed she would commit suicide if she was not allowed to form the government.
&ldquo;There is a fake letter in my name doing the rounds on social media and a friend brought it to my notice. You (media) should also see it. It is very difficult for a woman to be in politics. Have seen that during purathchi thalaivi's (Jayalalithaa) times also, but she overcame it,&rdquo; Sasikala said.
She said she had seen such &ldquo;flutter&rdquo; happen in AIADMK following the death of its founder the late M G Ramachandran, but Jayalalithaa had steered it tactfully and even ensured it won a successive term in last year's polls.
&ldquo;Since then, there have been efforts to split the party. Those who made such efforts then are doing it today also," she said, in an apparent reference to Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who has revolted against her, being a member of the faction led by Janaki, the widow of Ramachandran, then. We are used to these challenges." &ldquo;The MLAs are with me. Today also I&rsquo;m going to meet them (at a resort near here),&rdquo; she said.
Five more join OP In growing support for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, five more AIADMK MPs yesterday joined his camp, taking the number of Parliamentarians in his favour to ten. Four Lok Sabha MPs - Jaisingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee (Tuticorin), Senguttuvan (Vellore), R P Marutharaja (Perambalur) and S Rajendran (Villupuram) met Panneerselvam at his Greenways residence and extended support to him. Rajya Sabha MP R Lakshmanan also switched over to Panneerselvam camp, giving a morale boost to the Chief Minister who has raised a banner of revolt against Sasikala.
&lsquo;Case can be filed&rsquo; BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said the Governor has to decide on the issue of government formation today else a court case &ldquo;can be filed charging abatement of horse trading.&rsquo;
Former Guv says Former Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah said the present incumbent Ch Vidyasagar Rao has to take the right decision to solve the present imbroglio in the state. &ldquo;The Governor has to take the right decision under the constitutional framework,&rdquo; he said.
135 The AIADMK MLAs in the TN Assembly

The AIADMK&acirc;u00c2u0080u00c2u0088General&acirc;u00c2u0080u00c2u0088Secretary said she had seen this during the term of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa also, &lsquo;but she overcame it;&rsquo; Five more MLAs join O Panneerselvam camp

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