Pandian made headlines in December 2011, the day after Jayalalithaa expelled Sasikalaa, her husband M Natarajan and 12 of their associates for antiparty activities. “She governs not for one family , but crores of families,” Pandian said, indicating that the party was with Jayalalithaa in her “hour of crisis”. Pandian, one of the founder office-bearers (convenor of the legal wing) of the party , was a legal advisor to Jayalalithaa between 1996 and 1999, when she faced more than a dozen cases. He was made Parliamentary party leader in Lok Sabha in 1999.
Pandian’s family enjoyed a good rapport with Jayalalithaa. In a surprise move, she removed Pandian from the post of organising secretary in 2016.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
