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Edappadi Palaniswami is new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Chennai: Edappadi K Palaniswami took oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister today ending ending the 10-day political drama in Tamil Nadu which witnessed AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and rebel O Panneerselvam involved in a bitter battle over the CM's chair. Palaniswami, a Sasikala loyalist, is third Tamil Nadu CM in less than three months.
Governor C Vidyasagar Rao has given Palaniswami 15 days to prove his majority in the Assembly. On Wednesday evening, Palaniswami had met Rao and submitted a list of 124 MLAs supporting him in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, and requested the Governor to invite him to form the government. The Governor later also met the OPS faction.
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