Highlights 1 Panneerselvam presided over state cabinet meet with Amma's photo on desk. 2 This was the first cabinet meet since Jayalalithaa hospitalised. With a picture of Jayalalithaa placed on his desk, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Panneerselvam today presided over a meeting of the state cabinet for the first time after the Governor re-allocated the portfolios of the ailing Chief Minister to him. The government, however, released photographs of the meeting, where Panneerselvam was seen seated with the picture of Jayalalithaa placed on his desk. Last week, Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao had allotted the portfolios including Home held by Jayalalithaa to Panneerselvam, till the time she returned to resume official duties.

Source: India Today October 19, 2016 15:22 UTC