Jayalalithaa to be sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM on 23 May

AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa will take oath as Tamil Nadu chief minister on May 23, days after being acquitted in a disproportionate assets case by the Karnataka High Court, a report in The Hindu said. Party sources were quoted as saying that Chief Minister O Panneerselvam will tender his resignation soon and party chief Jayalalithaa would be sworn in as chief minister the following day. [caption id=“attachment_2254562” align=“alignleft” width=“380” class=" “]  AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa. AFP[/caption] Even though there was no formal confirmation from Jayalalithaa, sources in AIADMK told the Hindu, “Saturday is astrologically a good day for Amma.” On September 27, 2014, a trial court in Bengaluru convicted her in the 19-year old disproportionate assets case which led to her disqualification as an MLA and exit as Chief Minister. Her trusted lieutenant O Panneerselvam assumed charge as stop-gap chief minister. In similar circumstances, he took on the mantle of chief minister in 2001 and made way for his party supremo Jayalalithaa in 2002. Decks were cleared for Jayalalithaa’s return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister after her sensational legal victory when the Karnataka High Court on 11 May acquitted her in the assets case. The court had set aside her conviction by the trial court and the four-year jail sentence awarded to her and three others.   With agency inputs