LIVE: Sasikala to be next Tamil Nadu chief minister as Panneerselvam resigns

NEW DELHI: After resignation of Panneerselvam from the Chief Ministerial post, VK Sasikala Natarajan was on Sunday elected as the leader of AIADMK Legislature Party. Honourable CM Thiru.O.Panneerselvam proposed the name of Chinnamma as the leader of AIADMK Legislature Party Leader. Sasikala, a close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, took over as AIADMK general secretary by party ' s top decision-making body on December 29. After taking charge of the post on December 31, she pledged to take forward the legacy of ' Amma ' . Sasikala will be the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after Janaki Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa. Here LIVE updates: - Party members celebrate Sasikala ' s elevation outside AIADMK head quarter; say "We are very happy and hope that Sasikala Natarjan becomes CM as she ' ll follow Jayalalithaa ' s steps" - According to media reports, Sasikala will take oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister anywhere between February 6th and 9th - Sasikala leaves party headquarters at Poes garden in Chennai after she was elected as Legislative party leader of AIADMK - After chairing AIADMK MLAs ' meet Sasikala Natarajan greets supporters outside party HQ in Chennai -I assure that TamilNadu Government will always work towards the welfare of the people. -"Tamil Nadu Government will follow the principles of Amma," she said.