Mumbai: Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao is likely to meet AIADMK MLAs on Thursday evening at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai, triggering speculation whether he will swear-in V.K. Sasikala after she mustered an overwhelming majority of AIADMK MLAs against a rebellious O. Panneerselvam, who claimed he has their backing.
Sources from the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai said that the Mr Rao will reach Chennai by Thursday afternoon. “The Governor is likely to call all the MLAs to Raj Bhavan to know their views on the current division in the party,” said sources close to Raj Bhavan.
Jurists were divided on whether Sasikala, against whose acquittal in DA case the Supreme Court is to deliver its verdict next week, can be sworn-in. After Panneerselvam’s midnight rebellion, Sasikala called a meeting of party MLAs at the AIADMK headquarters in a show of strength this morning and later herded them in buses to undisclosed destination in a bid to keep the flock together.
