GRAFT case overturned: Jayalalithaa back as Tamil Nadu CM
One of India’s most powerful politicians, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, was sworn in as CM of the southern state of Tamil Nadu
Reuters
May 28, 2015
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CHENNAI:
One of India’s most powerful politicians, Jayalalithaa Jayaram, was sworn in as chief minister of the southern state of Tamil Nadu following a nine-month break, after a court overturned her conviction in a corruption case. Jayalalithaa was forced to resign as chief minister last year after being convicted of holding 530 million rupees in unaccounted cash and property. But a higher court scrapped the case against the former film star last week. Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah administered the oath in Tamil to Jayalalithaa and 28 ministers. Defying tradition, ministers took the oath in chorus in two batches of 14 each in a process that lasted a little less than 30 minutes. A bevy of film stars and prominent industrialists attended the ceremony, in which a beaming Jayalalithaa was clad in a simple green chiffon saree.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 24th, 2015.
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