Jaya To Be Sworn-In As Tamil Nadu CM Today

May 23, 2016 | 12:09 PM | 3 Views
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AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Monday.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held at the Centenary Auditorium at the Madras University at 12 noon.

Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah will administer the oath of office to the Chief Minister and 28 members of the cabinet.

This is for the first time since the death of former chief minister MG Ramachandra Menon, who is popularly known as MGR, in 1987 that Jayalalithaa has become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu twice in a row.

Her cabinet has 28 Ministers, excluding her 13 of them new faces. The infamous O Panneerselvam, Edapadi Palanisamy, Thangamani, Vijaya Bhaskar are all present in the assembly once again.

AIADMK has won 134 of the state's 234 seats, while the DMK, which was virtually wiped out in 2011, has managed to win 89 seats. Its pre-poll partner the Congress has won 8.

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