Political drama ends, Edappadi K Palanisamy finally sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM
"Palanisamy to form government", the AIADMK tweeted.
Edappadi K. Palanisamy on Thursday took oath as Tamil Nadu's 29th Chief Minister. A total of 31 other All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLAs were also sworn in. Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao requested the Chief Minister to seek the vote of confidence in the assembly within 15 days.
The decision to this effect was conveyed to Palanisamy during his meeting with the Governor at Raj Bhavan earlier today along with party presidium chairman K A Sengottaiyan and senior ministers Dindigul C Sreenivasan and P Thangamani.
The Governor heard competing pitches on Wednesday night from within the ruling party of the state over who should be the chief minister after the conviction of AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala in connection with a 19-year old disproportionate assets case.