AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala today sacked party Presidium Chairman E Madusudanan from the primary membership, a day after he switched over to the rebel camp led by Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. Madusudanan had been removed from all posts besides the primary membership for going against the party principles and bringing disrepute to it, she said in a statement in Chennai.<br/><br/>She also announced the appointment of former minister K A Sengottaiyan as the new AIADMK Presidium Chairman. Sengottaiyan was relieved as the party's Organisation Secretary, a post to which he was appointed last week.<br/><br/>Madusudanan yesterday extended his support to Panneerselvam, saying he wanted to safeguard the party.<br/><br/>Sasikala had removed Panneerselvam from the Treasurer's post immediately after his revolt, but he has maintained that being a temporary General Secretary, she does not have the powers to appoint or remove party functionaries.<br/><br/>Sasikala had appointed another senior leader Dindigul C Srinivasan as the Treasurer. Insisting that he continued to be the Treasurer, Panneerselvam had on Feb 8 written to two banks in Chennai asking them not to allow anyone else to operate the party's accounts.