Jayalalithaa is back as Tamil Nadu CM for the 5th time!
It's her fifth time! J Jayalalithaa , the AIADMK chief is set to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu . As per a news report by The Economic Times, Governor K Rosaiah invited her to form the government soon after her election, following which incumbent Chief Minister O Panneerselvam tendered his resignation. According to the Press Trust of India (PTI), at an early morning meeting of the MLAs presided over by chairman of the party presidium E Madusudanan, 67-year-old Jayalalithaa was unanimously elected as AIADMK Legislature Party Leader following her acquittal by the Karnataka High Court in a disproportionate assets case. Panneerselvam, also the party treasurer , moved a resolution proposing her name as the Legislature Party Leader which was seconded by Electricity Minister Natham R Vishwanathan and adopted unanimously. Soon after, the present CM Panneerselvam submitted the resignation of his Cabinet to Governor Rosaiah, who asked him to continue