A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a hold the swearing in of VK Sasikala as Tamil Nadu chief minister. The oath taking ceremony is currently scheduled at 11 am on Tuesday. The petition demands that Sasikala not be allowed to take charge as the chief minister until the graft cases she is involved in are resolved.
The petition has been filed in the name of one Senthil Kumar, aged around 40 years old, on behalf of an NGO that fights against corruption and against consumption of liquor and drugs. The filing cites an ongoing court case against Sasikala to say that she should not be allowed to take the office of the Tamil Nadu chief minister.
Referencing the riots that followed the conviction of the late J Jayalalitha in 2014, the petition also alleges that if Sasikala gets convicted in her case, “party workers of AIADMK may once again protest and disturb the normal life of Tamilnadu.”
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