Chennai: After being elected as the leader of the legislature party on Sunday, the AIADMK General Secretary said it was “my dear brother” Panneerselvam who had first proposed that “I should take over as the Chief Minister and party supremo.” Ever since the death of Jayalalithaa, party leaders have been requesting her to take over as Chief Minister with members of the OPS cabinet leading in the front.
“The AIADMK government will follow the principles of Amma. We will always work for the welfare of the people,” Ms Sasikala said. “I was not in a position to accept the request (by OPS) and I agreed to take over as party supremo only after repeated requests from the party men. Every party man who met during the last two months insisted that I should take over as the Chief Minister. Left with no option, I decided to heed to the request,” she said.
