Sasikala's letter from jail to AIADMK workers: Celebrate Amma's birthday in grand style

Tamilnadu Feb 21 : AIADMK general secretary Sasikala has asked her party cadres to celebrate late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's birthday on February 24  on a grand scale conducting public welfare events across the state.Sasikala, who is currently lodged at Bengaluru's Parapanna Agrahara Central Jail, in her letter slammed rebel party leader O Panneerselvam for 'betraying the legacy of Jayalalithaa and MGR.'

"We have defeated the treacherous acts and betrayal of those who tried to swindle Jayalalithaa's hard work and MGR's legacy. We have safeguarded Amma's governance while celebrating MGR's centenary year," she stated and requested the cadres to involve themselves into conducting a lot of public welfare events.The statement was released a day after TTV Dhinakaran, the party's deputy general secretary met Sasikala at Bengaluru jail. Another statement from the party also informed that presidium chairman KA Sengottaiyan will garland Jayalalithaa's picture at the party office on her birthday.

Sasikala, who is serving a jail term after her conviction in a disproportionate assets case, will have to serve 13 more months in prison if she fails to pay a fine of Rs 10 crore imposed by the Supreme Court.  "Sasikala Natarajan will have to pay Rs 10 crore and if she fails to pay the punitive amount imposed by the Supreme Court, she will have to serve 13 more months in the jail," Prisons Superintendent Krishna Kumar said in a statement.The Supreme Court had on February 14 restored Sasikala's conviction in the disproportionate assets case, awarding four years jail term to her and her relatives, besides imposing a fine of Rs 10 crore each