Updated by admin on
Saturday, September 27, 2014 03:25 PM IST
Bengaluru:
Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo may step down as chief minister on September 27, 2014, night and the ruling party would shortly elect the new CM.
Even while Jayalalithaa is expected to take steps to seek a stay of the special court verdict, it is not yet known if she would get an early stay of the proceedings. In view of a vacuum in the government at the top, the ruling party may be forced to elect a new CM till such time as she is
enabled to contest elections again or the verdict is stayed or altered and she can return to office.
The special court in Bengaluru has convicted Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa, her close aide Sasikala Natarajan, Jayalalithaa's former adopted son and Sasikala's relative V N Sudhagaran and another relative of Sasikala, Ilavarasi, in the disproportionate assets case.
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has been found guilty in the Rs 666.65 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Special Court Judge John Michael D’Cunha will pronounce a detailed verdict shortly.
The AIADMK chief has been charged with amassing Rs 66.65 crore between 1991 and 1996 when she was Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
