Meanwhile, Panneerselvam said he would set up an inquiry commission headed by a sitting SC judge to probe Jayalalithaa’s death. “It is the duty of the government to dispel the rumours surrounding the death of Amma. The commission will reveal the truth,” he said.
Dismissing Sasikala’s charge that he had a cordial relationship with DMK working president MK Stalin –the son and political heir of Jayalalithaa’s decades-long bête noire M Karunanidhi – he said that there was no such relationship at all. “A look back in history will make it clear,” he said. He also dismissed allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party was backing him. Last night, BJP national secretary H Raja had tweeted congratulations to OPS, saying “… OPS sir congrats’ and later, ‘The public will rally around OPS”.
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