Sasikala convicted News
Edappadi K Palaniswami will have to prove his majority in the Tamil Nadu Assembly within 15 days.
E Palaniswamy on Thursday took oath as the new CM of Tamil Nadu.
On February 7, Panneerselvam revolted against Sasikala alleging that he was forced to resign as Chief Minister to pave way for her to occupy that post.
AIADMK's legislature party leader Edapadi K Palanisamy on Wednesday evening met Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao with a list of legislators supporting him and staked claim to form the government, a party leader said.
VK Sasikala was held guilty for corruption by SC on Tuesday.
Supreme Court had restored Sasikala's conviction on Tuesday in the two-decades-old disproportionate assets case.
Sasikala will be in jail for three years and about 11 months out of the four years sentence awarded by the trial court.
Senior advocate KTS Tulsi, appearing for Sasikala, said that the leader wanted some time to surrender as she has to manage her affairs.
TTV Dinkaran and S Venkatesh were expelled by late chief minister Jayalalithaa in 2011.
Tamil Nadu's acting CM O Panneerselvam on Tuesday night paid homage to Jayalalithaa at her memorial at Marina beach.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restored Sasikala's conviction and four-year jail sentence in a disproportionate assets case.
Sasikala said on Tuesday that no force could separate her from AIADMK.
Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed Sasikala's ambition to become the Tamil Nadu CM.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday derailed VK Sasikala's political career even before take-off.
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