<p>AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa is all set to return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister soon for the fifth time following her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case and has convened a meeting of her party MLAs on May 22.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Jayalalithaa will be elected unanimously as Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party in a meeting to be held on May 22 at party headquarters here," a top AIADMK source told PTI.<br />Earlier, in a brief press release, announcing the MLA's meeting, Jayalalithaa said, "All MLAs should participate in the meeting without fail."<br /><br />Sources said Jayalalithaa will stake claim to form the government and assume office of chief minister anytime between May 22-24.<br /><br />Incumbent Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's Cabinet will resign after getting the instructions of party chief at the appropriate time, they said.<br /><br />Jayalalithaa first became the chief minister in 1991 with a huge majority in a sensational election which was held after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi near here by a woman LTTE suicide bomber on May 21, 1991.<br /><br />Her second stint was from 2001-06 and during this period she was in the thick of handling several issues including the strike of state government employees.<br /><br />In 2011, she assumed the coveted post of chief minister for the third time trouncing the arch rival DMK which was hit by the 2G Spectrum scandal.<br /><br />On September 27 last year, a trial court in Bengaluru convicted her in the 19-year old disproportionate assets case which led to her disqualification as an MLA and exit as Chief Minister.<br /><br />Her trusted lieutenant O Panneerselvam assumed charge as stop-gap chief minister. In similar circumstances, he took on the mantle of chief minister in 2001 and made way for his party supremo Jayalalithaa in 2002.<br /><br />Decks were cleared for Jayalalithaa's return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister after the Karnataka High Court on May 11 acquitted her in the assets case.<br /><br />The court had set aside her conviction by the trial court and the four-year jail sentence awarded to her and three others.</p>
<p>AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa is all set to return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister soon for the fifth time following her acquittal in the disproportionate assets case and has convened a meeting of her party MLAs on May 22.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Jayalalithaa will be elected unanimously as Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party in a meeting to be held on May 22 at party headquarters here," a top AIADMK source told PTI.<br />Earlier, in a brief press release, announcing the MLA's meeting, Jayalalithaa said, "All MLAs should participate in the meeting without fail."<br /><br />Sources said Jayalalithaa will stake claim to form the government and assume office of chief minister anytime between May 22-24.<br /><br />Incumbent Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's Cabinet will resign after getting the instructions of party chief at the appropriate time, they said.<br /><br />Jayalalithaa first became the chief minister in 1991 with a huge majority in a sensational election which was held after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi near here by a woman LTTE suicide bomber on May 21, 1991.<br /><br />Her second stint was from 2001-06 and during this period she was in the thick of handling several issues including the strike of state government employees.<br /><br />In 2011, she assumed the coveted post of chief minister for the third time trouncing the arch rival DMK which was hit by the 2G Spectrum scandal.<br /><br />On September 27 last year, a trial court in Bengaluru convicted her in the 19-year old disproportionate assets case which led to her disqualification as an MLA and exit as Chief Minister.<br /><br />Her trusted lieutenant O Panneerselvam assumed charge as stop-gap chief minister. In similar circumstances, he took on the mantle of chief minister in 2001 and made way for his party supremo Jayalalithaa in 2002.<br /><br />Decks were cleared for Jayalalithaa's return as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister after the Karnataka High Court on May 11 acquitted her in the assets case.<br /><br />The court had set aside her conviction by the trial court and the four-year jail sentence awarded to her and three others.</p>