"Panneerselvam was also the first person to insist that I should be Chief Minister".
"I feel humbled to be elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu".
AIADMK confirms the change of guard in the party.
When asked if Jayalalithaa was conscious when she signed the Election Commission's papers of her party nominee for November 19 bypoll to Thirupparankundram, the doctors said she was very much awake.
Incidentally, he had proposed the name ofMs.
Speculation of Sasikala taking over as Chief Minister by the end of January were strong but the massive protests across the state over demanding the removal of the ban on the bull-taming festival of Jallikattu delayed it.
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Sasikala, 62, was unanimously elected leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party at a meeting of the MLAs today, said a press release from the AIADMK.
Sasikala assumes power in Tamil Nadu without being an MLA, without fighting any poll so far, without any experience in party and government, however, now most ruling party functionaries have chose to stand by her to save the party and government.
The outrage has been centered on the fact that Sasikala has never fought an election and till Jayalalithaa's death was nearly an outsider in state politics having held no major ranks in either AIADMK or the government.
On February 5, a critical meeting of AIADMK MLAs - the agenda of which was known to the people but not party MLAs (as they claimed) - was conducted around 1.30 pm. Sources say that Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar could also be a reason, as Deepa has been in talks with certain MLAs to take over the leadership of AIADMK. "The choice is against the will of late Jayalalithaa. Even when she was battling for her life, she had chosen Panneerselvam as her second-in-command", said Stalin. She will also be barred from fighting elections if convicted. There is my case in the Supreme Court regarding the disproportionate assets.
In a parallel development, K.N. Venkataramanan and A. Ramalingam, the Secretary I and IV respectively in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), were removed from their posts.
Appearing for the Karnataka government, which had challenged that High Court's acquittal order, lawyer Dushyant Dave urged a division bench comprising Justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy to deliver the verdict in the case. Vidyasagar Rao, who is officiating as Governor of Tamil Nadu in addition to his responsibilities as Governor of Maharashtra, is not expected in Chennai before Tuesday. Opposition has called it a "dark day" for democracy. "If such people will run the government then it isn't a good message for democracy". Following her introduction to Jayalalithaa, Sasikala started recording all her public events, and finally their friendship had grown, and she would be seen alongside with Jayalalithaa in all her rallies and other events. On 29 December, Sasikala took over as general secretary of the party, a post that had been held by her close friend Jayalalithaa since 1989. Fisheries minister DJayakumar was made secretary, fisheries wing, and NR Sivapathy was appointed secretary of the party's youth wing. She had been it general secretary.
