End of 'Mannargudi mafia'? Sasikala banners removed from AIADMK office

Banners featuring AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala were removed from the party headquarters in Chennai, a day after the rival Panneerselvam camp made such a demand to "uphold the sanctity" of the party office.

The banners were removed this morning. The Panneerselvam camp welcomed the move, saying it was a "positive step."

Posters of #SasikalaNatarjan removed from AIADMK HQ in Chennai pic.twitter.com/RZP9OVlPzU

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 26, 2017

On Tuesday, the 'Presidium Chairman' of the Panneerselvam led faction, E Madusudanan, had demanded that the portraits of Sasikala be removed from the party office to "uphold the sanctity" of the AIADMK headquarters. "This is definitely a positive step," 'Aspire' K Swaminathan, Media coordinator of the Panneerselvam led AIADMK (Puratchi Thalaivi Amma) said.

He also said the move came in "continuance" to Madusudanan's appeal and said, "We are happy the cadres have decided to remove the banners."

Panneerselvam had on Tuesday said that a "conducive" atmosphere was evolving in both camps for talks.

Pictures from earlier last week:

Sasikala still on posters at AIADMK HQ pic.twitter.com/r2ZYpdPNhE

— Ayesha khanum (@AyeshaKhanumAK) April 22, 2017

Posters outside AIADMK office on Wednesday: 

And finally Sasikala posters thrown out of #AIADMK HQ. #UnitedAIADMK pic.twitter.com/TLAkcs5Wtu

— Hari Prabhakaran (@Hariadmk) April 26, 2017