9 Crucial Facts About Sasikala, AIADMK’s New General Secretary

Sasikala is probably the third most important woman in Indian politics today. Now it’s important to know who she is.

Sasikala Natarajan is officially J Jayalalithaa’s successor. She was appointed AIADMK’s General Secretary at the party’s council meet on Thursday morning.

With 37 MPs in Lok Sabha, AIADMK is the third-largest party after only Congress and the BJP. So, her appointment surely acquires significance at the national level. In fact, if we go by the number of total MPs and MLAs, Sasikala will now be the third most powerful woman in Indian politics, the first two being Sonia Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee.

Here are the nine things that you need to know about her: