Chennai: Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa on Saturday had took the oath as MLA. She had secured a thumping victory in the RK Nagar bypoll.
Jayalalithaa took oath in the presence of Speaker P Dhanapal in his chamber inside the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Her cabinet colleagues were also present on the occasion.
The AIADMK chief returns as Legislator after a gap of about 10 months, after she was disqualified as MLA and Chief Minister following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case by a Bengaluru trial court last September.
She was subsequently acquitted by the Karnataka High Court in May following her appeal against the lower court verdict, allowing her to return as the Chief Minister.
Her party member P Vetrivel had vacated the RK Nagar Assembly seat in May, resulting in a by-poll which Jayalalithaa won by a huge margin of 1,50,722 votes against her nearest rival, CPI’s C Mahendran who forfeited his deposit.
Bureau Report
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