Panneerselvam sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM

September 29, 2014 14:05

JUST IN: O Panneerselvam sworn-in Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

An AIADMK legislature party meeting on Sunday unanimously elected O Panneerselvam as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a day after a Bangalore special court convicted J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case.

The meeting of the AIADMK MLAs was called after Panneerselvam, who holds the finance and public works portfolios, and other senior party ministers met Jayalalithaa at the Bangalore Parappana Agrahara prison in the morning.

Read more: TN's Panneer, the first chai-wallah to become chief minister

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