Chennai: She is the first sitting Chief Minister to be convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to four years in jail. But the AIADMK aims to persevere. J Jayalalithaa has hand picked her successor, entrusting her loyalist and Finance Minister O Panneerselvam with the top job in the state.
Panneerselvam and his Cabinet will take oath on Monday around 12 in the noon.
He was formally elected by AIADMK MLAs at a meeting in Chennai on Sunday. This will be his second innings as Chief Minister. He was first elected the Tamil Nadu CM in 2001 when Jaya was convicted in TANSI land scam.
"It is very simple. It is better to go for a trusted lieutenant whom you have already tried earlier. He had already warmed up the chair for Jaya. It is predictable and easy," says Gnani, political analyst.
Meanwhile, the AIADMK supremo plans to move the Karnataka High Court on Monday for a stay on her conviction and will also apply for bail.
While a bus was burnt in Virudhunagar, most other parts of the state was violence free with protests. Security was beefed up across the state including outside DMK chief K Karunanidhi's residence where clashes between AIADMK and DMK cadres took place on Saturday.
"Nothing to be angry or jubilant. We didn't want to make it a political issue by more democratic methods. They have slammed innocent people," said DMK spokesperson T K S Elangovan.
The Chennai police has filed 3 FIRS against Karunanidhi and his son MK Stalin in connection with violence.
The new Cabinet under Panneerselvam will officially take oath on Monday. But these developments have perhaps changed the very fabric of the political arena in Tamil Nadu.
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