AIADMK legislative party meets today to elect its leader

Today newly elected AIADMK MLAs will meet in Chennai this evening to elect party chief J. Jayalalithaa as legislature party leader. Yesterday, she created history by becoming the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 32 years to be voted back to power. The AIADMK bagged 134 seats out of 232 assembly constituencies that went to polls. The opposition DMK has won 89 seats, while Congress has bagged 8 and IUML 1. Ms. Jayalalithaa has won Dr. RK Nagar constituency in Chennai. DMK Patriarch M. Karunanidhi won for a record 13th time from his home turf of



Tiruvarur.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were among the leaders who greeted Ms. Jayalalithaa. Addressing party workers, Ms. Jayalalithaa called the victory a historic one and vowed to strive for the people with renewed vigour. She said the verdict has put a permanent end to the family politics of DMK. Overwhelmed by the result, jubilant AIADMK workers burst crackers and distributed sweets. A large number of party workers thronged Ms. Jayalalithaa's Poes Garden residence area and the party headquarters.