For the first time in four years, expelled ADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala has publicly spoken to her supporters on Monday when she was on her way to Chennai, during which she revealed her plans of plunging into active politics and meet her supporters, which had obviously given a huge shock to the ADMK leaders. 

After serving a four-year prison sentence in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in Bengaluru, VK Sasikala, who was the closest aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was released on January 27, 2021. She was hospitalized in Bengaluru for ten days for the COVID-19 viral infection and it was announced that she will be starting from Bengaluru to Chennai on February 8- Monday. 

As announced, Sasikala had started from Bengaluru at around 8 am on Monday and has been escorted towards Chennai amid a sea of her supporters who have thronged to offer her a grand welcome as she enters Tamil Nadu by carrying speculations over her political resurgence. Her supporters had gathered throughout her journey and provided an affluent welcome with full of flower petals and a fruit garland weighing 500 kilograms. 

Supporters and members of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam have been celebrating her arrival in Chennai and the reports say that over 50 points were installed and Sasikala has been stopping by at each point and accepting the greetings and grand welcome from her supporters. When she reached Thirupathur district, she had decided to address the people gathered there to greet her. 

In what has become a surprise and her first public address in four years, Sasikala addressed her supporters from the car that carried the ADMK flag on its bonnet. During her address, she revealed her plans for what could have been a major shock to current ADMK leaders, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, who had been hoping to block Sasikala from becoming the power center, ahead of the assembly polls.

Speaking for the first time publicly in four years, Sasikala said, "The party has faced more challenges and it had got revived back like Phoenix. My wish is that we should work unitedly as the children of Jayalalithaa. I'll meet everyone soon and I'll definitely take part in active politics. I'm a slave to the supporters and to the Tamil Nadu people. I will never bow down to suppression and I will soon meet the reporters". By citing that people very well know why Jayalalithaa's memorial was closed, Sasikala stated that the police complaint filed by the ministers against her show their fear. 

In what has become a big statement from the expelled ADMK General Secretary, her direct assertion of plunging into active politics had sent a strong and potent message to the ADMK leaders that she can't be contained at any cost and she also had answered to the speculations that she is not coming to stay off from politics but for the political resurgence. The crucial call for uniting the party has also sent shockwaves to the current ADMK leaders that she is ready for the battle of bringing the party under her full control. 

Political observers say her opening speech has drawn major attention after asserting that she is plunging into active politics and her statement comes at a high time when the ADMK has been building a fortress to block the rise of Sasikala in the party. With the view of dimming the spotlight on her, the ADMK government has closed Jayalalithaa's memorial to restrict Sasikala's entry into the memorial and the government has also installed barricades before the party's office to block her entry. 

At the time of writing this content, Sasikala has reached Vellore district and she is just hours away from reaching the city. According to reports, Sasikala will visit MGR's house in Ramapuram, Chennai, where she is expected to hoist the party flag following which she will move to her residence in T Nagar, which will become her new address. After arriving in the city, she will chalk out her plan of plunging into active politics ahead of the state assembly polls.