Sasikala announces name of her political party, says will face coming polls in alliance

Chennai: Weeks after announcing the formation of her political party, expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala on Friday announced the name of the organisation: All India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.

On February 24, coinciding with late AIADMK president J Jayalalithaa, her close aide Sasikala unfurled the party flag at Kamuthi in Ramanathapuram district.

Sasikala told reporters that the symbol of the new party will be ‘coconut grove’ symbolizing the unity for which it has always strived.
Responding to a question, he said that his party will participate in the upcoming Assembly elections as an alliance.