Court asks Sasikala to respond to AIADMK’s counter in suit over her removal from the party Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A city civil court has asked V.K. Sasikala, former interim general secretary of the AIADMK, to respond to a counter filed by the party in a civil suit instituted by her challenging her removal from the party. It may be recalled that Ms. Sasikala recently announced that she would stay away from politics. In 2017, Ms. Sasikala filed a civil suit seeking to declare that AIADMK leaders Edappadi K. Palaniswami, O. Panneerselvam, Dindigul C. Srinivasan, S. Semmalai and E. Madhusudanan were not members of the party.