Could Sasikala be the next temporary CM of Tamil Nadu?

If she is sworn in as chief minister on February 9, but convicted in the disproportionate assets case next week, she will have to step down.

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Sasikala's blunder: She should've played Sonia Gandhi in Tamil Nadu politics

Here's how the drama is likely to pan out now.

By all accounts, the public is not very enthused about Chinnamma.

With scripted precision, Chinnamma entered the AIADMK HQ, went up the balcony and waved to the people assembled below.

Paneerselvam was sworn in as chief minister of the state but the real power rest with Sasikala.

Once again, AIADMK supremo’s larger-than-life stature proved too big for the courts to stamp her guilty.