Just in: The man Sasikala and OPS have been waiting for has finally arrived. Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao lands in Chennai. O Panneerselvam is at the airport to receive him. The governor has asked for a meeting with OPS at 5 pm after which he will meet Sasikala at 7:30 pm. She will not be accompanied by her MLAs. 


The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister got a valuable ally in the form of AIADMK presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan who, in an indirect attack on general secretary Sasikala Natarajan, said the party "needed to be saved."

Thanking him for his support, Panneerselvam said Madhusudhanan was a loyal party member since the MGR days and he had agreed to be CM only after he was told that Madhusudhanan would be the general secretary. Former Villivakkam MLA JCD Prabhakar has also extended support to Panneerselvam.