Thambidurai ‘appeals’ to Sasikala to become Chief Minister

Two days after V.K. Sasikala took over as the AIADMK General Secretary, senior party leader and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha M. Thambidurai on Monday “appealed” to her to take charge as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, as he contended that leadership of the party and government should be with the same person for the welfare of the people.

“The unfinished tasks of the party and the government, as expected by Puratchi Thalaivi Amma[Jayalalithaa], will be completed only when the leadership of the party and the leadership of the government are in the hand of one person,” Mr. Thambidurai, also party’s propaganda secretary, said in a release.

Claiming that people in the country have “not accepted” the situation where the leadership of the party and the government was not with the same person, he said the government has focused its attention and fulfilled the election promises, when the same person was both the head of the party as well as the government.

“History has shown that some governments had been pushed to several hurdles and were incapable of delivering its promises and that, such Governments have lost their credibility among the people, when the leadership of the party and the leadership of the government was in the hands of two different persons,” Mr. Thambidurai pointed out.