Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu - a look

TN Chief Ministers [1950 -at present]
#	Chief Minister	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Election
1	P S Kumaraswamy Raja	INC	26-Jan-50	9-Apr-52	1946 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
2	C. Rajagopalachari	INC	10-Apr-52	13-Apr-54	1952 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
3	K. Kamaraj	INC	13-Apr-54	31-Mar-57
4	K. Kamaraj	INC	13-Apr-57	1-Mar-62	1957 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
5	K. Kamaraj	INC	15-Mar-62	2-Oct-63	1962 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
6	M. Bakthavatsalam	INC	2-Oct-63	6-Mar-67
7	C.N. Annadurai	DMK	6-Mar-67	3-Feb-69	1967 State Assembly Election
8	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan*	DMK	3-Feb-69	10-Feb-69
9	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	10-Feb-69	4-Jan-71
10	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	15-Mar-71	31-Jan-76	1971 State Assembly Election
President's Rule			31-Jan-76	30-Jun-77
11	M. G. Ramachandran	AIADMK	30-Jun-77	17-Feb-80	1977 State Assembly Election
President's Rule			17-Feb-80	9-Jun-80
12	M. G. Ramachandran	AIADMK	9-Jun-80	15-Nov-84	1980 State Assembly Election
13	M. G. Ramachandran	AIADMK	10-Feb-85	24-Dec-87	1984 State Assembly Election
14	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan*	AIADMK	24-Dec-87	7-Jan-88
15	Janaki Ramachandran	AIADMK	7-Jan-88	30-Jan-88
President's Rule			30-Jan-88	27-Jan-89
16	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	27-Jan-89	30-Jan-91	1989 State Assembly Election
President's Rule			30-Jan-91	24-Jun-91
17	J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	24-Jun-91	12-May-96	1991 State  Assembly Election
18	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	13-May-96	13-May-01	1996 State Assembly Election
19	J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	14-May-01	21-Sep-01	2001 State Assembly Election
20	O. Panneerselvam	AIADMK	21-Sep-01	1-Mar-02
21	J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	2-Mar-02	12-May-06
22	M. Karunanidhi	DMK	13-May-06	15-May-11	2006 State Assembly Election
23	J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	16-May-11	27-Sep-14	2011 State Assembly Election
Constitutional Vacuum			27-Sep-14	29-Sep-14
24	O. Panneerselvam	AIADMK	29-Sep-14

Somewhere in Chennai; CM weeps while taking oath

AIADMK’s O Panneerselvam became the first person to take the oath of Chief Minister weeping. Handpicked by his predecessor J Jayalalithaa for his loyalty, the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and 30 other ministers were sworn-in by Governor K Rosaiah, after their party boss was convicted to four years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case.

Tears rolled down the faces of many ministers as they came to the podium to be administered the oath of office and secrecy. The mood in the durbar hall was anything but celebratory with no exchange of greetings, claps or smiles. All ministers also looked grim, reflecting the mood in the ruling party. In a show of loyalty, the new Chief Minister placed a photograph of Jayalalithaa on the lectern before taking the oath of office and secrecy and kept wiping his tears. He was earlier chosen Chief Minister in 2001, almost under similar circumstances when Jayalalithaa was unseated by the Supreme Court.

The new Chief Minister has retained all ministers of the Jayalalithaa Cabinet and effected no change in their portfolios.

According to a Raj Bhavan communique, he has retained his earlier portfolios of Finance and PWD and took over the Home and other key portfolios held by Jayalalithaa. Hours after being sworn in, Panneerselvam and his senior Cabinet colleagues left for Karnataka to call on the AIADMK supremo lodged in Parappana Agrahara prison in the outskirts of Bangalore. NR Viswanathan, R Vaithilingam, Edapadi Palanisamy, C Vijayabaskar, KC Veeramani and BV Ramana accompanied the CM in a private flight. Continuing protest against Jayalalithaa’s conviction, party workers and sympathisers observed a fast and staged demonstrations across the state.

The protocol department of the state government and Raj Bhavan kept the ceremony under a strict veil of secrecy, probably under instructions from the new Chief Minister in view of the circumstances and the mood prevailing among the partymen, who continued to hold protests across the state condemning Jaya’s conviction.

Court Sentence Jaya 4 year jail and slapped a hefty of Rs. 100 crore fine

Ø     Four years in jail

Ø     Rs 100 crore as fine

Ø     Confiscation of all seized properties

Ø     Immediate imprisonment and

Ø     No private medical treatment

This is the crux of special judge John Michael D'Cunha's verdict in the Rs.66.65-crore disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The immediate consequence of this is that Jayalalithaa ceases to be both MLA and CM.

The conviction may push Jayalalithaa's party into a tighter embrace with the central government as AIADMK will now have to fight off rival DMK which, no doubt, will be enthused by the court's order. AIADMK has 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 11 in the Rajya Sabha. For BJP, such a development would be helpful, especially after its split with Shiv Sena, which has 18 MPs in the Lower House and three in the Upper House.

 This is the first time anyone has been convicted while being a CM. However, this is the third time Jayalalithaa, 66, has been convicted in a corruption case, and the second time she has been forced to step down as CM. Her two earlier convictions-on February 2, 2000 and October 9, 2000-came when she was not in power. Both those convictions were overturned. The case she is now convicted in deals with offences such as abuse of office and amassing of wealth during her first term as CM. It has dragged on for nearly 18 years. Three of Jayalalithaa's aides and co-accused--N Sasikalaa, V N Sudhakaran, J Elavarasi--were also awarded four years in jail. They were fined Rs.10 crore each.

As details of the ruling trickled out, violence broke out across TN with AIADMK cadres forcing businesses to down their shutters, torching buses and blocking roads.

Several former and serving chief ministers have been imprisoned for political reasons and a handful of former CMs for corruption, but J Jayalalithaa is the first CM in office to go to jail for amassing illegal wealth.Former CMs who have been jailed for graft are Lalu Prasad, Madhu Koda, B S Yeddyurappa, O P Chautala and Jagannath Mishra.

The prosecution scored a perfect 10 of sorts as it got all the four convicted on all the three charges against them. While Jayalalithaa was convicted under provisions of Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (criminal misconduct by public servants), the other three were guilty of Sections 109 (abetment) and 120(B) (criminal conspiracy) of IPC, special public prosecutor Bhavani Singh said.

Singh and his assistant M S Maradi said the prosecution had proved its case and law had taken its course. Maradi said, “Since the sentence is four years, she has to move the high court by way of a criminal appeal for getting bail”. As sporadic violence broke out across Tamil Nadu, officials briefed governor K Rosaiah, who expressed concern over the situation.

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