<p>The legislature party of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) will meet on Tuesday evening to elect M K Stalin as its leader after the party registered a comfortable victory in the just-concluded Tamil Nadu assembly elections.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/tamil-nadu/assembly-election-2021-dmk-almost-swept-entire-tamil-nadu-western-region-went-with-aiadmk-981984.html" target="_blank">Read | Assembly election 2021: DMK almost swept entire Tamil Nadu; western region went with AIADMK</a></strong></p>.<p>The newly-elected MLAs will meet at Anna Arivalayam, party headquarters, at 6 pm on Tuesday, party general secretary Durai Murugan said in a statement. At the meeting, Stalin will be elected as the leader of the DMK Legislature Party after which he will stake the claim to form the government by meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit.</p>.<p>“The swearing-in will be a simple function at the Raj Bhavan keeping the Covid-19 situation in mind,” Stalin told reporters. He is likely to take oath on Friday, May 7.</p>.<p>Though he is yet to assume office, Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan and Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan met Stalin at his residence and briefed him about the Covid-19 situation.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the AIADMK has convened a meeting of its newly-elected party legislators to choose their new leader, who will be the Leader of Opposition (LoP).</p>
<p>The legislature party of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) will meet on Tuesday evening to elect M K Stalin as its leader after the party registered a comfortable victory in the just-concluded Tamil Nadu assembly elections.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/election/tamil-nadu/assembly-election-2021-dmk-almost-swept-entire-tamil-nadu-western-region-went-with-aiadmk-981984.html" target="_blank">Read | Assembly election 2021: DMK almost swept entire Tamil Nadu; western region went with AIADMK</a></strong></p>.<p>The newly-elected MLAs will meet at Anna Arivalayam, party headquarters, at 6 pm on Tuesday, party general secretary Durai Murugan said in a statement. At the meeting, Stalin will be elected as the leader of the DMK Legislature Party after which he will stake the claim to form the government by meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit.</p>.<p>“The swearing-in will be a simple function at the Raj Bhavan keeping the Covid-19 situation in mind,” Stalin told reporters. He is likely to take oath on Friday, May 7.</p>.<p>Though he is yet to assume office, Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan and Health Secretary Dr J Radhakrishnan met Stalin at his residence and briefed him about the Covid-19 situation.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the AIADMK has convened a meeting of its newly-elected party legislators to choose their new leader, who will be the Leader of Opposition (LoP).</p>
