O Panneerselvam Resigns As Chief Minister

"Many signatures in Sasikala's list are forged...O Panneerselvam told the Governor that he was forced to resign and that many legislators are being held in captivity in unknown locations," said Dr V Maitreyan, one of the senior AIADMK leaders backing Mr Panneerselvam.

After O Panneerselvam said that he was forced to step down as Tamil Nadu chief minister at a weekend meeting of the AIADMK, another party man has alleged that legislators were made to sign blank paper ahead of the meeting, without being told why it had been called.

AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, accompanied by ten top ministers, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday evening and staked claim to be Tamil Nadu's next chief minister. Her party's O Panneerselvam also met the Governor, sometime before Ms Sasikala did and handed him a petition in which he has explained that he resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief...

Actor Kamal Haasan today joined his voice to the thousands objecting to what they call the foisting of VK Sasikala on them as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and said O Panneerselvam should be allowed to continue.

It was near-perfect attendance for the meeting called today by VK Sasikala to establish that her right to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister remains undented by the sudden revolt of O Panneerselvam, who she is to replace. 131 of the ruling AIADMK's 134 legislators gathered at the party office in Chennai today, allowing Ms Sasikala to flaunt her unpar...

O Panneerselvam, who has staged a dramatic rebellion against AIADMK chief VK Sasikala, has asserted that he is acting alone and "not at the behest of the BJP." But he has alluded more than once to his connect with the Centre, stating today that he continued as caretaker chief minister after resigning on Sunday "only after the union government asked...

O Panneerselvam, a soft-spoken politician whose firm commitment to sticking to his own lane served him well, has suddenly shifted tone, insisting that he will fight for his job as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a position that he stressed was chosen for him by his predecessor and mentor, J Jayalalithaa. To do this, he says, he will take a trust vote...

VK Sasikala managed a near-perfect attendance for her show of strength on Wednesday morning, establishing her grip on the ruling AIADMK, which has chosen her to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. 131 of the party's 134 legislators attended the conclave where she branded O Panneerselvam, the man she is meant to replace as Chief Minister, as a "liar" w...

A late night rebellion in Tamil Nadu's ruling party saw Chief Minister O Panneerselvam declaring that he had been forced to resign by VK Sasikala, picked by the AIADMK to take over from him. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial at Marina Beach late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the chosen successor of t...

Within an hour of O Panneerselvam declaring that he was coerced to quit as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the habitually low-profile politician was having a bit of a social media moment. By midnight, he was the material of two trends on Twitter.

O Panneerselvam, a quiet unassuming politician who owes the high points of his career to doing as he was told, today torqued his party by declaring that he has no wish to stop serving as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and has been coerced and humiliated into doing so by VK Sasikala, who is meant to replace him as head of the government.

O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...

J Jayalalithaa had told him that he should be chief minister if "anything should happen to her," O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, said today. Mr Panneerselvam had headed late in the evening to the Jayalalithaa memorial at Chennai's Marina beach and sat alone ...

O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, had gone to the memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai's Marina beach on Tuesday evening. He sat alone there with eyes closed in meditation for nearly 40 minutes. In a surprise address to the media soon aft...

O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, headed to the Jayalalithaa memorial at Chennai's Marina beach on Tuesday night and sat alone with eyes closed in meditation for a short while.

"Many signatures in Sasikala's list are forged...O Panneerselvam told the Governor that he was forced to resign and that many legislators are being held in captivity in unknown locations," said Dr V Maitreyan, one of the senior AIADMK leaders backing Mr Panneerselvam.

After O Panneerselvam said that he was forced to step down as Tamil Nadu chief minister at a weekend meeting of the AIADMK, another party man has alleged that legislators were made to sign blank paper ahead of the meeting, without being told why it had been called.

AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala, accompanied by ten top ministers, met Governor C Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday evening and staked claim to be Tamil Nadu's next chief minister. Her party's O Panneerselvam also met the Governor, sometime before Ms Sasikala did and handed him a petition in which he has explained that he resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief...

Actor Kamal Haasan today joined his voice to the thousands objecting to what they call the foisting of VK Sasikala on them as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and said O Panneerselvam should be allowed to continue.

It was near-perfect attendance for the meeting called today by VK Sasikala to establish that her right to become Tamil Nadu Chief Minister remains undented by the sudden revolt of O Panneerselvam, who she is to replace. 131 of the ruling AIADMK's 134 legislators gathered at the party office in Chennai today, allowing Ms Sasikala to flaunt her unpar...

O Panneerselvam, who has staged a dramatic rebellion against AIADMK chief VK Sasikala, has asserted that he is acting alone and "not at the behest of the BJP." But he has alluded more than once to his connect with the Centre, stating today that he continued as caretaker chief minister after resigning on Sunday "only after the union government asked...

O Panneerselvam, a soft-spoken politician whose firm commitment to sticking to his own lane served him well, has suddenly shifted tone, insisting that he will fight for his job as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a position that he stressed was chosen for him by his predecessor and mentor, J Jayalalithaa. To do this, he says, he will take a trust vote...

VK Sasikala managed a near-perfect attendance for her show of strength on Wednesday morning, establishing her grip on the ruling AIADMK, which has chosen her to be Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. 131 of the party's 134 legislators attended the conclave where she branded O Panneerselvam, the man she is meant to replace as Chief Minister, as a "liar" w...

A late night rebellion in Tamil Nadu's ruling party saw Chief Minister O Panneerselvam declaring that he had been forced to resign by VK Sasikala, picked by the AIADMK to take over from him. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial at Marina Beach late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the chosen successor of t...

Within an hour of O Panneerselvam declaring that he was coerced to quit as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the habitually low-profile politician was having a bit of a social media moment. By midnight, he was the material of two trends on Twitter.

O Panneerselvam, a quiet unassuming politician who owes the high points of his career to doing as he was told, today torqued his party by declaring that he has no wish to stop serving as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and has been coerced and humiliated into doing so by VK Sasikala, who is meant to replace him as head of the government.

O Panneerselvam, not a politician known for dramatic flourish, strode centrestage at night into the political theatre that Tamil Nadu is witnessing over a transfer of power to a new Chief Minister. In a dramatic press conference outside J Jayalalithaa's memorial late in the evening, Mr Panneerselvam claimed he was the successor of the former Chief ...

J Jayalalithaa had told him that he should be chief minister if "anything should happen to her," O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, said today. Mr Panneerselvam had headed late in the evening to the Jayalalithaa memorial at Chennai's Marina beach and sat alone ...

O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, had gone to the memorial of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Chennai's Marina beach on Tuesday evening. He sat alone there with eyes closed in meditation for nearly 40 minutes. In a surprise address to the media soon aft...

O Panneerselvam, who resigned as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Sunday to make way for AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala, headed to the Jayalalithaa memorial at Chennai's Marina beach on Tuesday night and sat alone with eyes closed in meditation for a short while.