AIADMK crisis live updates: Was subjected to harassment & torture all these years, but only ‘Amma’ stood by me: OPS

LIVE UPDATES:

10: 10 pm: Sasikala reaches Poes Garden residence in Chennai after meeting MLAs at Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur.

10: 00 pm:

Earlier visuals of VK Sasikala with MLAs at Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/9jfiqjLh2S

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

9: 13 pm:  

#WATCH: #VKSasikala breaks down while addressing AIADMK MLAs at Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/t5BYySbqwQ

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

9: 10 pm:

#TamilNadu: AIADMK MP Parthiban extends support to #OPanneerselvam pic.twitter.com/oeIcmuHTdF

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

9: 05 pm: AIADMK MP Parthiban extends support to O Panneerselvam

8: 55 pm: Shedding crocodile tears,passing new remarks every day is not going to help. Will prove everything in assembly: Panneerselvam on Sasikala

8: 52 pm: Panneerselvam says only Amma stood by him all these years, claims he was subjected to harassment and torture all these years.

8: 50 pm:  I have a question. Yesterday Sasikala went to Kuvathur (where MLAs are staying at Golden Bay resort). Why did she go?: Panneerselvam

8: 48 pm: Many party cadres not even in Chennai, are voicing their opinion against Sasikala assuming charge as Tamil Nadu CM: Panneerselvam

8: 40 pm: Even today many party MLAs are contacting me and telling, for each MLA there are four ‘gundas’ sitting: Panneerselvam

8: 31 pm: Meanwhile, BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit demands that Governor should order probe into Panneerselvam’s claim that he was forced to resign.

8: 30 pm: I will achieve everything if you all stand firmly behind me, I wont move away, I will be firm as I have been with ‘Amma’: Sasikala

8: 25 pm: We will form the Govt, will then visit Amma’s memorial and take a photograph, will show it to the world then. This is our pledge: Sasikala

8: 22 pm: Launching all-out attack against the caretaker Chief Minister, Sasikala says Panneerselvam is out to destroy. “It is same as hitting your eye with your own finger,” she adds.

8: 18 pm:

#TamilNadu: #VKSasikala breaks down while addressing party MLAs at Golden Bay resort pic.twitter.com/41g2kOv7Hc

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

8: 10 pm:  You all are aware as to what extent our opponents have gone against us, we must stay together and foil their evil attempts, says Sasikala while addressing MLAs at Golden Bay resort.

8: 05 pm:

#TamilNadu: VK Sasikala addresses MLAs at Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur pic.twitter.com/aQdmnKAUNP

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

7: 55 pm:

Opposition parties are spreading https://t.co/3rjEddbIV2 MLAs are not locked up.#Chinnamma

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) February 12, 2017

7: 53 pm:

We are working on it: #VKSasikala on being asked if she would protest if not invited to form Government. pic.twitter.com/FWzxU83jRR

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

7: 42 pm: Party workers, and forces now opposing us will not succeed in their attempts, won’t let it happen: Sasikala

7: 40 pm: “Let it come, I will see,” says Sasikala when asked about the pending verdict in DA Case

7: 30 pm: Dismissing reports that MLAs have been corralled into a resort, Sasikala said they are living here as a family.

7: 15 pm: Sasikala’s speech before MLAs today sought 72 hours to form the government. Her faction’s ultimatum to Governor ended at 6 pm.

6: 44 pm: 

#TamilNadu: Heavy Police deployment outside Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur, meeting underway between Sasikala and MLAs pic.twitter.com/FX0HLmsR7j

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

6: 33 pm: Meeting between Sasikala and MLAs underway at Golden Bay resort amid growing support for Panneerselvam.

6: 21 pm: Journalists’ road roko near Kuvathur beach resort after goons snatched their phones, police remain mute spectators

6: 12 pm: 

Respected Chinnamma’s assurance to all. pic.twitter.com/EmsKYRsEYc

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) February 12, 2017

6: 10 pm:

“O. Panneerselvam, Amma’s only political heir” -posters put up outside #OPanneerselvam‘s residence in Chennai. #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/nB9ZcffC1a

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

6:00 pm:

#TamilNadu: Police force deployment at Raj Bhavan in Chennai pic.twitter.com/ItizD7JHVQ

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

5: 20 pm: Popular Tamil Comedian Manobala said he has extensively worked with Panneerselvam and that he is a very nice man. Under his leadership, one can pop his collar and walk, the actor added.

5: 10 pm:

#TamilNadu: #Panneerselvam meets supporters at his residence in Chennai. pic.twitter.com/PC1W9Onv98

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

5: 00 pm:

Chennai: Tamil director, producer and actor Manobala extends support to #Panneerselvam pic.twitter.com/nLXziglvWF

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

4: 54 pm:

#TamilNadu: VK Sasikala reaches Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur to meet MLAs. Similar such meeting was held yesterday as well. pic.twitter.com/Vvqcu3JA0i

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

4: 51 pm: Sasikala reaches Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur to meet MLAs.

4: 45 pm: Sasikala still holds majority of MLAs, we’re sure that she only will carry forward legacy of Jayalalithaa, says Piramila (Jayalalithaa’s nurse in 2001)

4: 30 pm: Chinamma (as Sasikala is addressed by party workers) was a close companion of Periamma (Jayalalithaa), both shared a healthy relationship, says R Piramila Visagan (Jayalalithaa’s nurse in 2001)

4: 00 pm:  Sasikala en route to Golden Bay resort in Kuvathur to meet MLAs as support for Panneerselvam sours.

3: 48 pm:

The letter which claims to have been written by me is false- Respected Chinnamma

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) February 12, 2017

3: 39 pm:

True party people are the foundation of AIADMK- Respected Chinnamma

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) February 12, 2017

3: 32 pm: Hurdles and betrayals are the path which we have crossed, Sasikala was quoted as saying by AIADMK on its official Twitter handle.

3: 30 pm:

Tiding rough sea has taken AIADMK to pinnacle of success- Respected Chinnamma

— AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) February 12, 2017

2.51 pm: Staying by choice, not compulsion. Heard that OPS will come here and seek support but he has no right: T Tamilselvan MLA, who is staying at Koovathur resort.

2.49 pm: Whether it (next course of action after waiting for Governor’s response) will be protest or legal remedy, only Sasikala will decide: AIADMK MP R Vaithiligam.

2.16 pm: Sasikala waiting for Governor’s response, will announce next step if nothing happens by end of the day: AIADMK MP R Vaithiligam.

1.42 pm: 

With Rajya Sabha MP R Lakshmanan & Lok Sabha MP S Rajendran (Villupuram), #OPSCamp gets a total of 10 MPs out of 50 OR 20% @IndianExpress

— Arun Janardhanan (@arunjei) February 12, 2017

12.55 pm: Senior AIADMK leader and former minister P Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy has sided with Panneerselvam amidst political crisis in Tamil Nadu.

11.20 am: 

AIADMK MPs B.Senguttuvan and J.Jeyasingh extend support to #OPanneerselvam; reach his residence to meet him pic.twitter.com/x4Np8wTd1O

— ANI (@ANI_news) February 12, 2017

11.00 am: To wrap up yesterday, Sasikala said that her patience has been wearing thin and the AIADMK cadre would “protest in a different way” as Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao is yet to make up his mind on resolving the political crisis that has enveloped the state.

Later, she said, the delay in the Governor’s decision was giving rise to speculation that it was all “a ploy to split the party”. “We have waited so far for the Governor’s reply but from tomorrow, we will protest in a different way,” she said.