E Palaniswami today won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly after the house witnessed chaos and violence. He won 122 votes with only 11 rebels of his AIADMK voting against him. He needed the backing of at least 117 legislators in the 234-member State Assembly.
Mr Palaniswami took oath on Thursday with a 30-member cabinet. He is widely seen as a proxy for AIADMK chief VK Sasikala, who is currently serving a jail term of four years in Bengaluru prison after being convicted in a corruption case by the Supreme Court.
4.40 pm IST: CM Palaniswami pays tribute at Jayalalithaa memorial after winning floor test in Tamil Nadu Assembly.
4.17 pm IST: DMK’s MK Stalin to sit on hunger strike at Chennai’s Marina Beach, says he was ‘manhandled’ in Tamil Nadu assembly.
4.08 pm IST: E Palaniswami breaks down at Jayalalithaa memorial after he wins the trust vote in Tamil Nadu Assembly.
4.04 pm IST: DMK lawmakers for 3 hours kept on repeating their request to save democracy. Now in the absence of all of us, vote was passed. We doubt validity: O Panneerselvam.
3.26 pm IST: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami wins trust vote with support of 122 lawmakers.
3.20 pm IST: Voting to prove majority for Chief Minister Palaniswami begins in Tamil Nadu assembly.
3.15 pm IST: Entire Marina road stretch that leads to the Tamil Nadu Assembly has been completely closed for the public.
3.09 pm IST: Watch Stalin led out of Tamil Nadu Assembly
