In a landmark judgement for Tamil Nadu politics, AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala was on Tuesday convicted by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case. The verdict set aside the Karnataka High Court judgement acquitting her in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case that also involved former chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The two-judge bench comprising Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy directed Sasikala and her two relatives involved in the case to surrender to the trial court in Bengaluru and serve the remaining part of four year jail term they had been sentenced to.
With such a big twist in Tamil Nadu politics, here’s how Twitterati reacted:
Sasi: I am a Lion 🦁
Judge: Then go inside the cage 😂#sasikalaconvicted #DACase— Naveen Murugesan (@naveenmurugesh) February 14, 2017
Finally the mafia monsters will be jailed. TN is saved. They will still need to answer for Jayalaitha;’s death. #DACase #TNSaved #OPS4CM
— Shanmuga Prakash (@shanmugapp) February 14, 2017
Expectation: 4 years as chief minister.
Reality – 4 years in Jail#DACase— Ishaan Dhurka (@ishaandhurka) February 14, 2017
OPS is like “SOURAV GANGULY”, he came into team as Quota system & then was sent away,then he came back,took the team to a new level.#DACase
— Sudeepसुदीपسدیپ (@sudeepbose) February 14, 2017
Will #sasikala be admitted in hospital for chest pain today only or tomorrow? #sasiJudgementDay
— Vikram Mohan (@VixdomDotCom) February 14, 2017
Chin up, Ma. It’s wonly 4 years. #sasiJudgementDay
— Aakriti Patwari (@aakritipatwari) February 14, 2017
Sasikala’s current situation…Fate!!!😂😂😂#DACase #sasiJudgementDay #TNsaved pic.twitter.com/AsPQCYK6v0
— Ramesh N (@imRameshN) February 14, 2017
#Shashikala #DACase ab toh jail jana padega posham paa bhai posham paa regards suoreme court sir ji
— sanjay bansal (@sanjaybansal20) February 14, 2017
#Shashikala #DACase ab toh jail jana padega posham paa bhai posham paa regards suoreme court sir ji
— sanjay bansal (@sanjaybansal20) February 14, 2017
Everyone in Tamil Nadu right now, Thank You Supreme Court #sasikala #Jail #Convicted #DACase #SasikalaVsOPS pic.twitter.com/aJl41vtIdh
— Chirag Sharma (@chiragsharma09) February 14, 2017
What a day for our #democracy! By the way, who’s paying the bills at #GoldenBay? #Sasikala #💝SupremeCourt
— Dr.Srijana Mitra Das (@srijanapiya17) February 14, 2017
Its Valentines day!
Come fall in love with the Judiciary 😉😆#DACase #TAMILNADUPOLITICS #SupremeCourt— Ganesh Ravi (@ganeshravi01) February 14, 2017
But the AIADMK wasn’t quite so happy and tweeted that Sasikala had always carried Jayalalithaa’s burden.
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