“We have the support of the masses and cadres. The MLAs will come to us in the days to come,” he said.
Sources said the governor, on advice from legal experts, is expected to swear in Sasikala only after the Supreme Court (SC) delivers its verdict on the two-decade-old disproportionate assets case in which Sasikala is a co-accused with the late J Jayalalithaa.
With uncertainty clouding Sasikala’s swearing-in, AIADMK MPs, led by Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, flew to New Delhi on Wednesday evening to meet President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday. Sources said Governor Rao would arrive in Chennai from Mumbai on Thursday afternoon and would meet representatives from both the Sasikala and Panneerselvam camps.
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