The reply on Sasikala's presumptive date of release was given by the Central Prison authority based on the query raised by Bengaluru lawyer and activist Narasimha Murthy.

The ED has been probing against the DMK leader based on the information that he had acquired foreign securities by violating the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. 

The General Council meeting has been convened months ahead of the state legislative elections and days ahead of the legislative assembly session.

The members of the outfit had seemingly come to the conclusion that his political incarnation would never happen if he fails to flag his politics during the upcoming legislative polls. 

VK Sasikala has currently been lodged in the Parappana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru since February 2017 after she was convicted for four years of imprisonment in the Disproportionate Assets Case.

The leaders were majorly charged under the grounds of rioting, criminal intimidation, unlawful assembly, and wrongful restraint. 

Recently, Premelatha said that Vijayakanth would be coming to the campaign and added that the party wants Vijayakanth to be the king in the 2021 state legislative elections. 

The election has come after the demise of party's longtime General Secretary K Anbazhagan, who died on March 7, 2020. 

The Crime Branch had told the High Court that the actor-politician could be granted with the bail if he offers apology and assurance that he won't make any such remarks in the future.

BJP's L Murugan has been one of the politicians in Tamil Nadu to have been booked with the case for defying the lockdown and restrictions.