After over a month of speculation, VK Sasikala, the late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's closest confidante for decades, is now set to take over as the state's Chief Minister. O Panneerselvam, Jayalalithaa's successor resigned today, and his proposal to elect Ms Sasikala was 'unanimously accepted' by Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. Has the state just witnessed the inevitable?