AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa Sworn-In As Tamil Nadu CM For 5th Time

23 May, Chennai

AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa on Saturday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for a fifth time at a function organized at the Madrass University Centenary Hall ,Chennai amid tight security security arrangements.

Governor K Rosaiah administered the oath of office and secrecy to Jayalalithaa 67, along with 28 ministers who will form her Cabinet. All the incumbent ministers, barring M S M Anandan and Senthur Pandiyan, have been retained in the new Cabinet.
Jayalalithaa would head a 29-member government in the 14th Tamil Nadu assembly.

Earlier thousands of of people thronged the entire route from Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence to the Madras University Centenary Hall to catch a glimpse of their ‘Amma’. Supporters were seen waving AIADMK flags and chanting ‘Amma, Amma’ outside the Madras University campus.

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan and former BCCI president N Srinivasan were among those who attended the swearing-in ceremony.

The AIADMK party won the elections in 2011 and Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the chief minister then.
Last September, she was disqualified after a court in Bangalore convicted her for four years jail term and Rs.100 crore fine in an 18-year old disproportionate assets case.

The Karnataka High Court upheld her appeal and acquitted her of all the charges.
AIADMK lawmakers in a meeting at the party headquarters on Friday elected Jayalalithaa as leader of the legislature party.
Subsequently, Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam and his council of ministers resigned from their posts and Rosaiah extended an invitation to Jayalalithaa