Chennai, May 22: J Jayalalithaa was formally elected the leader of AIADMK legislature party Friday, paving the way for her to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the fifth time Saturday.
Governor K Rosaiah invited her to form the government soon after her election, following which incumbent Chief Minister O Panneerselvam tendered his resignation.
At an early morning meeting of MLAs presided over by the chairman of the party presidium E Madusudanan, Jayalalithaa was unanimously elected as AIADMK legislature party leader following her acquittal by 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.
Rebel MLAs of the opposition DMDK, including
R Sundarrajan, Tamil Azhagan, K Pandiarajan, and R Santhi, participated in the AIADMK legislature party meeting.PTI