Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), February 24 V K Sasikala, confidante of late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, announced the launch of a new political party on Tuesday, asserting that "we are going to witness a new political chapter."
Addressing an event to mark the birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa at Kamuthi near here, the late Chief Minister's close aide declared: "I will soon announce the name of the new party; there is no change in it. It will function as a party that defeats opponents and betrayers alike; we are going to witness a new (political) chapter."
Her foray with a new party could well result in a four-cornered electoral contest in the state Assembly polls, due in April, with the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance on one side and the AIADMK-headed NDA on the other. Actor Vijay's TVK is making its electoral debut in the hustings slated in about two months.
On Tuesday, Sasikala unveiled the flag of the to-be-named party, which features the images of Dravidian icon CN Annadurai, AIADMK founder MG Ramachandran, and Jayalalithaa.
The flag is a horizontal tricolour of black on top, white in the middle, and red at the bottom.
Amid speculation that she may launch a new party and ahead of the anniversary event, Sasikala had asserted that she would soon "give good news."
