‘Unanimously elected leader of AIADMK legislature party’Former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami is set to be the Leader of the Opposition in the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He will be the Opposition leader by virtue of the AIADMK being the second largest party in the new House. A letter electing Mr. Palaniswami, the party co-coordinator, as the AIADMK legislature party leader was handed over by party leaders to Assembly Secretary K. Srinivasan in the afternoon. “We are also used to having our one strong leader as Chief Minister, if elected to power, and as Leader of the Opposition when not in power. “But our MLAs were clear and wanted Mr. Palaniswami to take over as our leader in the Assembly,” said the MLA, who attended the meeting.

Source: The Hindu May 10, 2021 18:39 UTC