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Panneerselvam expelled from AIADMK; Palaniswamy is legislature party leader

AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala on Tuesday sacked acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam while, Minister Edappady K Palaniswamy was…

SNS | New Delhi | February 14, 2017 7:39 am

Panneerselvam expelled from AIADMK; Palaniswamy is legislature party leader

AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala on Tuesday sacked acting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam while, Minister Edappady K Palaniswamy was elected the leader of the legislature party.

The development comes shortly after Sasikala was convicted by the Supreme Court (SC) in a corruption case and is bound to be jailed.

The decision was taken after Sasikala met the 125 MLAs, who have been lodged in a resort on the outskirts of Chennai to thwart any attempts of horse-trading by the Panneerselvam camp.

Palaniswamy is a known Sasikala loyalist and is likely to be the chief ministerial candidate of the AIADMK.

Both Sasikala and Panneerselvam were locked in a battle to claim the chief minister’s seat after the demise of AIADMK chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

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