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Jayalalithaa to take charge as TN CM today

| | May 24, 2015, at 06:10 pm
Chennai, May 24 (IBNS): It will a busy Sunday for J Jayalalitha who took charge as Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister once again for the fifth time in her long political career.
Jayalalithaa will reach the Secretariat at around 3 pm where her supporters are expected to gather outside to greet her.
 
According to reports, she is expected to launch a chain of Amma Canteens, which are low-cost eateries, across the state on her first day of work.
 
Eight months after she stepped down after being convicted by a court, Jayalalitha on Saturday became Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister once again-fifth time.
 
The 67-year-old AIADMK supremo was sworn-in in the centenary hall of the Madras University at 11 am, a day after O Panneerslevam resigned as Chief Minister in her favour and the party elected Jayalalithaa as the leader of the Legislature Party.
 
 Jayalalithaa, dressed in a green saree, took oath as Tamil Nadu chief minister followed by the swearing-in 28 ministers-all  standing in a line and speaking together. Among them was O Panneerselvam.
 
In a rapid development on Friday morning, Chief Minister O Panneerselvam resigned , soon after 144 of the AIADMK's 150 lawmakers met at the party headquarters in Chennai to unanimously elect Jayalalithaa as the leader of the legislature party.
 
 Panneerselvam then met the Governor, who accepted his resignation.
 
The Governor then invited  Jayalalithaa to form government "at the earliest," and had asked her for a list of ministers who will take oath with her which she submitted while meeting the Governor at the Raj Bhavan.
 
In September last year, a Bengaluru court found Jayalalithaa guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to her known sources of income and sentenced her to imprisonment.
 
The conviction forced Jayalalithaa to step down as Chief Minister making room for O Panneerselvam, her protege in the party.
 
But she got a fresh lease of life and made a resounding comeback to political glory from months of ignominy after the Karnataka High Court acquitted Jayalalithaa, giving a clean chit to her.
 
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