Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has been admitted at Apollo Hospitals for over 10 days. During her absence, retired IAS officer and her adviser Sheela Balakrishnan is looking after the administration

Even as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo is on the path to recovery, rumours over her successor have started doing the rounds, Yahoo News reported, quoting a Kannada Daily.

The Kannada media has reported that Jayalalithaa had already finalised her successor in Tamil star Ajith, who is said to share a good relationship with the chief minister.

The reports add that she has already made up her mind on the next person, who will lead the AIADMK.

A Kannada daily further adds that the party is aware of her decision and reportedly willing to accept Ajith as their next leader.

Jayalalithaa wants him to be the next chief minister and conveyed the same to the leaders of the AIADMK.

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