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Edappadi K Palaniswami will have to prove his majority in the Tamil Nadu Assembly within 15 days.
On February 7, Panneerselvam revolted against Sasikala alleging that he was forced to resign as Chief Minister to pave way for her to occupy that post.
Sasikala will be in jail for three years and about 11 months out of the four years sentence awarded by the trial court.
Senior advocate KTS Tulsi, appearing for Sasikala, said that the leader wanted some time to surrender as she has to manage her affairs.
TTV Dinkaran and S Venkatesh were expelled by late chief minister Jayalalithaa in 2011.
Sasikala was on Tuesday convicted in a corruption case by Supreme Court which dashed her ambition to become the Tamil Nadu CM.
In a major setback for Sasikala Natarajan, the Supreme Court today restored her conviction in decades-old disproportionate assets case.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary VK Sasikala said DMK was behind Panneerselvam's action, citing the bonhomie between him and MK Stalin.
AIADMK MLAs on Sunday elected general secretary VK Sasikala, 59, as their legislature leader, two months after her mentor J Jayalalithaa died.
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