Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah Invites J Jayalalithaa to Form Government in Tamil Nadu After Chief Minister O Panneerselvam Resigns Friday May 22,2015

 

J Jayalalithaa has been invited by Governor K Rosaiah to be chief minister of Tamil Nadu again, eight months after she had to resign when a Bangalore court convicted her in a corruption case.

J Jayalalithaa(67) is expected to be sworn in with her council of ministers at about 11 am tomorrow.

In swift activity early on Friday morning, O Panneerselvam resigned as chief minister, soon after 144 of the AIADMK's 150 lawmakers met at the party headquarters in Chennai to unanimously elect J Jayalalithaa as the leader of the legislature party. J Jayalalithaa was not at the meeting.

AIADMK MLAs unanimously elect Jayalalithaa leader of legislature party at meeting

O.Panneerselvam drove over to J Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence, before meeting the Governor, who accepted his resignation.

OPS was Chief Minister of Tami Nadu twice -

Sep 21,2001 to March 01,2002 and

Sep 29,2014 to March 22,2015

Cut-outs and banners of Jayalalithaa at Walajah Salai in Chennai on Friday

  

Huge banners erected along the Anna Salai stretch in Chennai

J Jayalalithaa meets Governor Rosaiah at Raj Bhavan and also gave a list of Ministers to be sworn-in with her along with their portfolios.