Chennai: In a swift political transition following Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s death, her trusted loyalist O Panneerselvam was sworn in as CM at a sombre ceremony at the Raj Bhawan along with all the ministers in the erstwhile Jayalalithaa Cabinet.
After he took oath of office, a total of 31 ministers, all of them members of the previous Jayalalithaa cabinet, took oath in a simultaneous swearing-in.
Panneerselvam (65), often hailed as Jayalalithaa's 'Man Friday', took oath in the name of God.
This is the third time he is helming the state, acting as a stop-gap arrangement on earlier occasions when Jayalalithaa was convicted in two separate corruption cases in 2003 and 2014.
Earlier, AIADMK MLAs elected him as their Legislature Party Leader, paving the way for his elevation as Chief Minister.
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