TIL Desk/National/Chennai/ O Panneerselvam’s resignation as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister accepted by Governor. VK Sasikala set to take over. Over a month after she took charge as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary following Jayalalithaa’s demise, V K Sasikala was on Sunday elected legislature party leader, paving the way for her to become the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
Over a month after she took charge as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary following Jayalalithaa’s demise, V K Sasikala was on Sunday elected legislature party leader, paving the way for her to become the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
At a meeting of party MLAs in Chennai, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam proposed the name of Sasikala as legislature party leader. 62-year-old Sasikala, also called ‘Chinnamma’ and Jayalaithaa’s shadow in public for nearly three decades, later drove to the party headquarters where she was greeted by Panneerselvam and senior party leaders.