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Sasikala convicted: Here's a look at how newspapers covered the Supreme Court verdict

News outlets lapped up the news of the Supreme Court convicting AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case on Tuesday, giving it the coverage it deserved

With Sasikala convicted, AIADMK MLAs know O Panneerselvam, not Edappadi, is their last resort

In fact, more than the Supreme Court verdict, Sasikala & Co face an un assailable charge from which no court or fort can extricate them: the popular belief among party cadre and Jayalalithaa admirers that it was this grisly gang that caused their ‘dear Amma’ much bad name all through.

Sasikala case verdict: Palanisamy made new legislature party leader, to stake claim to form govt

Sasikala loyalist Edappady K Palaniswami was on Tuesday elected as Legislature Party Leader following the conviction of the AIADMK general secretary, who sacked rebel leader O Panneerselvam from the party's primary membership.

Sasikala case verdict: Neither Paneerselvam nor Palanisamy has aura of Amma; expect turbulence for AIADMK

Palanisamy is still an untested quantity. He will need to prove himself. Being Sasikala’s proxy is not certainly the same as being Jayalalithaa’s. Neither has the force of personality