<p>On a day the BJP was hailing the Supreme Court convicting AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, its outspoken leader Subramanian Swamy targeted two Union ministers without naming them, and accused them of “engineering crisis” in Tamil Nadu’s ruling party.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the death of Jayalalithaa, AIADMK courted turmoil with Sasikala and caretaker chief minister O Panneerselvam claiming the support of maximum number of MLAs for forming a new government.<br /><br />Swamy, who was the original petitioner in the disproportionate assets case filed against Jayalalithaa and Sasikala way back in 1996 in a Chennai trial court, told a television channel, “I will name at the appropriate time…Two ministers in the central government engineered the Tamil Nadu crisis…”<br /><br />After hailing the judgement against Sasikala, Swamy took on Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, who is holding additional charge of Tamil Nadu, for not “performing his duty”, a position contradictory to that of BJP leaders.<br /><br />“The governor did not perform his duty. He probably got wrong advice. The governor has to take a wise decision now,” he said. <br /><br />He argued that “if Panneerselvam fails to show numbers to governor by 6 pm, E Palaniswami, the leader of Sasikala camp, should be given the power.” He noted that Panneerselvam had not submitted a list of MLAs backing him.<br /></p>
<p>On a day the BJP was hailing the Supreme Court convicting AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, its outspoken leader Subramanian Swamy targeted two Union ministers without naming them, and accused them of “engineering crisis” in Tamil Nadu’s ruling party.<br /><br /></p>.<p>After the death of Jayalalithaa, AIADMK courted turmoil with Sasikala and caretaker chief minister O Panneerselvam claiming the support of maximum number of MLAs for forming a new government.<br /><br />Swamy, who was the original petitioner in the disproportionate assets case filed against Jayalalithaa and Sasikala way back in 1996 in a Chennai trial court, told a television channel, “I will name at the appropriate time…Two ministers in the central government engineered the Tamil Nadu crisis…”<br /><br />After hailing the judgement against Sasikala, Swamy took on Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, who is holding additional charge of Tamil Nadu, for not “performing his duty”, a position contradictory to that of BJP leaders.<br /><br />“The governor did not perform his duty. He probably got wrong advice. The governor has to take a wise decision now,” he said. <br /><br />He argued that “if Panneerselvam fails to show numbers to governor by 6 pm, E Palaniswami, the leader of Sasikala camp, should be given the power.” He noted that Panneerselvam had not submitted a list of MLAs backing him.<br /></p>
