EC rejects Dinakaran reply on Sasikala elevation

The Election Commission on Friday rejected the response of the AIADMK on the elevation of V.K. Sasikala as general secretary, saying T.T.V. Dinakaran, who signed the letter, is not in its list of party office-bearers.

It has now asked Sasikala to either sign the response herself or by an authorised signatory who is in the Commission’s list of AIADMK office-bearers and send it again by March 10.

”Dinakaran (Sasikala’s nephew and AIADMK deputy general secretary) is not an office-bearer of your party as per the Commission’s record… The reply should either be submitted under your own signature or you may duly authorise somebody to do so on your behalf,” the poll panel said.

Sasikala is at present lodged in a Bengaluru jail.