Chennai: AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa from the party after she slapped opposition DMK MP Tiruchi Shiva at the Delhi airport.
The Twitter handle of the AIADMK quoted Puratchi Thalaivi Amma - the moniker by which Jayalalithaa is referred to by her loyalists - as saying she was ousted for bringing ill-fame to the party.
"Sasikala Pushpa sacked from the party for bringing ill fame to the party - Puratchi Thalaivi Amma," AIADMK wrote on Twitter.
Stunned by the development, Sasikala said she refused to quit her Rajya Sabha membership despite pressure from the party leadership.
“I am facing a threat to my life. I am being compelled to resign from my constitutional post by my party leader. I will not quit. If I go out, I can be attacked,” she said.
Sasikala and Tiruchi Shiva, two MPs from Tamil Nadu came to blows in full public view on Saturday afternoon at New Delhi's IGI airport as they were about to board a Jet Airways flight to Chennai from Terminal 3.
The two MPs were caught in a scuffle and the AIADMK MP even slapped Siva before the CISF personnel intervened and separated the two quarrelling lawmakers.
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