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Chennai: A day after Edappadi K Palaniswami met C Vidyasagar Rao with a list of legislators supporting him, the Tamil Nadu Governor on Thursday invited the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s (AIADMK) legislature party leader to form a government.
Palaniswami is part of AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala camp.
Earlier on Wednesday, AIADMK general secretary Sasikala, held guilty for corruption, returned to the Bengaluru jail.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s legislature party leader Edappadi K Palaniswami meets Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. He is accompanied by 5 senior AIADMK leaders.
Edappadi K Palaniswami arrives at the Raj Bhavan to meet Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao.
Palaniswami is en route to Raj Bhavan. He is being accompanied by five senior AIADMK leaders.
“As soon as this TN drama is over I will forget TN and go back to Ram Temple and sending some more people to jail for corruption”, says another tweets by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.
“The Governor has given appointment to Edappadi K Palaniswami at 11.30 am. Beyond this there is no information now as to the meeting agenda,” an official in Raj Bhavan told IANS.
Edappadi K Palaniswami is likely to meet Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao at 11:30 am.
“From day 1 I have been saying that the Guv should swear in Sasikala/Palanisamy and give 1 week for floor test.Will Guv implement that today?,” tweets BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.
A senior leader says the AIADMK camp led by Panneerselvam is hoping to receive a sizeable number of legislators today. Preferring anonymity, the leader tells news agency IANS that the Governor may not invite Public Works Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to form the government in the state till everything seems to be clear. “With Deepa Jayakumar joining hands with Panneerselvam, the strength of our camp has increased manifold and there is no patch up moves,” he adds.
As of now, neither O Panneerselvam nor Edappadi K Palaniswami has been called to form government, news agency ANI quotes Governor House sources as saying.
