Chennai: Expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala reached Chennai early this morning, after having started from Bengaluru on Monday morning.
Travelling in a car driven by her long-time driver Prabhu, Sasikala who ensured high drama on her way here, reached her niece Krishnapriyaās home in T Nagar.
Earlier, she visited AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister MGRās residence and paid floral tributes to his statue.
While addressing her supporters during the journey to Chennai, she said she was indebted to the people of Tamilnadu but asserted she will not be cowed down by āoppressionā.
Asked if she would visit the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai, she said āplease wait and seeā.
āSure, for party workersā, was her response when reporters asked if she would engage in active politics, months ahead of the scheduled Assembly polls in the state.
āI am bound by love, to the Tamil ethos and the principles I have embarked upon. But I can never be enslaved by oppressionā, she told her loyalists.
Her return to Tamilnadu, after completing a jail term for her involvement in a disproportionate assets case, is expected to create ripples in the political situation.
When asked by reporters about the AIADMK ministers filing police complaint against her use of the ruling party flag on her car, she said, āI think it shows their apprehensionā.
Responding to late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s memorial in Chennai being closed for maintenance, she said āthe people of Tamiladu know very well what all this meansā.
Asked about supporters’ demand to āwrest control of the AIADMKā, she said āI will meet you all soon. Will speak in detailā.