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Tamil Nadu: Vidyasagar Rao unlikely to administer oath to Sasikala on Tuesday

A PIL was filed in Supreme Court seeking to restrain Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister.

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Tamil Nadu governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao is unlikely to fly down to Chennai on Tuesday, as a result of which VK Sasikala Natarajan's swearing-in may not take place tomorrow.

Earlier in the day, a PIL was moved in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister. Rao is thus examining the legal implication as the hearing of the case will be held on Tuesday.

The PIL was filed on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce the judgement in a corruption case in which she and late CM J Jayalalithaa were accused within a week.

The PIL was filed by Chennai resident Senthil Kumar, General Secretary of NGO Satta Panchayat Iyakkam, hours after the apex court indicated it could deliver its judgement on the appeals challenging the acquittal of Jayalalithaa and Sasikala in a 19-year-old disproportionate assets case.

Kumar, who mentioned in the plea that he will argue the matter in person, sought a stay on Sasikala's swearing-in on Tuesday, contending that if she was convicted and forced to resign, there was a possibility of riots erupting all over Tamil Nadu.

He said law and order may worsen in such an eventuality as the state was already facing a "desperate situation" due to cyclone, demonetization and death of Jayalalithaa. The petitioner claimed in case the appeal against her acquittal results in conviction, the AIADMK workers may once again protest and disturb the normal life of Tamil Nadu.

The petitioner said he filed the plea in the interest of people of Tamil Nadu and to maintain the peace in the state. After Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5, 2016, Sasikala, who was her shadow for nearly three decades, was elected General Secretary of AIADMK on December 29 and elected leader of its legislature party on Sunday.

With PTI inputs 

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