Jaya to be sworn-in as CM on May 23, Paneer resigns on 22nd

May 20, 2015 11:55

Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam will resign on May 22nd. J Jayalalithaa will be sworn in as CM on May 23rd, says AIADMK spokesperson C R Saraswathi.

Decks were cleared for the return of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa as Tamil Nadu chief minister after she was acquitted May 11 in the 19-year-old disproportionate assets case against her by the Karnataka high court which said her conviction suffered from infirmity and was not sustainable in law.

"...the accused are entitled to acquittal. When the principal accused (Jayalalithaa) has been acquitted, the other accused, who played a lesser role, are entitled to acquittal," Justice C R Kumaraswamy said in his 919-page judgement that set aside trial court judge Michael D'cunha's order last year holding her guilty of corruption and sentencing her to four years imprisonment.

The high court verdict, that also acquitted Jayalalithaa's close aide Sasikala and two others, triggered immediate jubilation among the AIADMK ranks who celebrated the event with bursting of crackers, distribution of sweets and dancing outside her residence in Chennai and across Tamil Nadu.

After she secured the clean chit, stop-gap Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and a host of party leaders trooped to her Poes Garden residence and held consultations apparently on her assuming reins of office once again.

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