Sasikala's brother Suntharavathanam and his wife Santhanalakshmi, Sasikala's sister-in-law Vyjayanthimala, and one V Krishnamurthy were expelled from the primary membership of the AIADMK, Jayalalithaa said in a statement asking partymen not to have any links with them.

S P Velumani, removed as Revenue Minister on Thursday, was also stripped of the post of Coimbatore Suburban District Secretary and replaced by S Damodaran.

Sasikala, her husband M Natarajan and many of their relatives were removed from the party's primary membership by Jayalalithaa last month in a surprise action amid allegations that they interfered in the state and party administration.

Jayalalithaa also appointed N R Sivapathy, who staged a come back into the state Cabinet in the reshuffle yeaterday, as AIADMK's Tiruchirappalli Suburban District Secretary, relieving the incumbent K K Balasubramanian from the post.

Party MLA Dr C Vijaybaskar has been made the Pudukottai District Secretary in place of V C Ramaiah. Consequently, Vijaybaskar had been relieved of the post of Secretary of the AIADMK medical wing, she said.