E K Palaniswami sworn-in as new Tamil Nadu chief minister: As it happened

Edappadi K Palaniswami will have to prove his majority in the Tamil Nadu Assembly within 15 days.

Chennai: Edappadi K Palaniswami, the general secretary of the AIADMK party and a close confidante of VK Sasikala, was on Thursday sworn-in as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu, ending weeks of political turmoil over the post.

Governor C Vidyasagar Rao administered the oath of office.

Palaniswami was sworn -in along with 30 other cabinet ministers.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had found VK Sasikala guilty in the DA case and ordered her to serve a jail sentence.

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