In another release, AIADMK headquarters said party chief Jayalalithaa would garland the statues of rationalist leader Periyar EVR and late Chief Ministers CN Annadurai and her party founder MG Ramachandran today afternoon.
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Chennai: Newly elected members of the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu elected party chief J Jayalalithaa as the leader of the AIADMK legislative party on Friday. The AIADMK cabinet is expected to be sworn in next week. And then gradually tearing into the DMK and its ally Congress, as symbols of family politics and an alliance of the corrupt. She was earlier convicted by a special court in Bengaluru on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to her income while she was the Tamil Nadu chief minister during 1991-1996.
A victory for the AIADMK will be a setback for Sun TV, whose top management is seen to be close to the opposition DMK. DMK was leading in most of the constituencies in Chennai city.
At the end of the day, it appears that the charisma of Jayalalitha and her welfare schemes were strong enough for her to retain her vote banks and seats to form the government.
“I am overwhelmed by the resounding victory the people of Tamil Nadu have given us”. The Vijayakanth-led Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) and Vaiko-led Marumalartchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) were already witnessing erosion in its cadre strength.
It is already known that Tamil Assembly Elections 2016 was held on 16th May 2016 for 232 constituencies only after the polling process postponed in two places, Tanjavur, and Aravakurichi.
PMK, which went to voters with the slogan of “vote for change and development”, is leading in one constituency, Pappireddipatti in Dharmapuri District by a comfortable margin of over five thousand votes.
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In 2011, he formed an alliance with the AIADMK and contest in 41 seats winning 29. Until the 2016 election, the AIADMK had never contested more than 200 seats.
