Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa Takes Oath As MLA

04 July, Chennai

Days after securing a thumping victory in the RK Nagar by-poll in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Saturday took oath as MLA.

She took oath as Legislator in the presence of Speaker P. Dhanapal at the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

The AIADMK Chief returns as Legislator after a gap of about 10 months, when she was disqualified as MLA and Chief Minister following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case by a Bengaluru trial court last September.

She was, later, acquitted by the Karnataka High Court in May following her appeal against the lower court verdict, allowing her to return as the Chief Minister.

Her party member P. Vetrivel had vacated the RK Nagar Assembly seat in May, resulting in a by-poll which Jayalalithaa won by a huge margin of more than 1 lakh 50,000 votes.