Chennai : Ruling AIADMK on Friday dismissed opposition demand for a ‘white paper’ on treatment given to late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, saying it was a part of a “planned campaign” against her aide Sasikala, who, it said, was being backed by senior party leaders as her political heir.
These parties were raising such demand when Jayalalithaa’s earlier actions have been suggestive of her seeing Sasikala as political heir, senior AIADMK leader and its spokesperson C Ponnaiyan said.
DMK leader M K Stalin and PMK founder S Ramadoss, both of whom had sought a white paper yesterday, did not belong to his party, he told reporters.
“They are doing politics in Tamil Nadu for political gains. Doctors monitored Amma (Jayalalithaa). Specialists from Apollo Hospitals (where she was admitted), AIIMS doctors, Dr Richard Beale from London and those from Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore worked as a team,” he said.
“Ramadoss is not the one who doesn’t know it, Opposition Leader Stalin is not the one who is not aware of it.”
Such demands are coming amid growing chorus for Sasikala to take over the reins of the party, he said.
There is no need to give credence to such demands for white paper, he said.
Stalin and Ramadoss had yesterday sought a white paper on Jayalalithaa’s medical treatment amid the succession issue in AIADMK following her demise.
Party seniors including Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, AIADMK Propaganda Secretary and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambiudurai and a host of Minsters have already extended support to Sasikala’s elevation. —PTI
