NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 3
The DMK on Monday announced convening a meeting of the party’s newly elected MLAs on Tuesday ( May 4, 2021) in Chennai, where party chief M K Stalin is likely to be elected their Legislature Party Leader.
The DMK chief, who led his party to a comfortable win against the ruling AIADMK after a ten-year stint in the opposition, is now set to take over as Chief Minister.
"கழக தலைவர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் தலைமையில், புதிதாக தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட சட்டமன்ற உறுப்பினர்கள் கூட்டம், 4.5.2021 அன்று மாலை 6.00 மணிக்கு சென்னை – அண்ணா அறிவாலயத்தில் நடைபெறும்"
– கழக பொதுச்செயலாளர் திரு. @katpadidmk MLA அவர்கள் அறிவிப்பு.#DMK #MKStalin pic.twitter.com/Ax48xYq98m
— DMK (@arivalayam) May 3, 2021
“The meeting of newly elected MLAs will be held under the leadership of party president Stalin at Kalaignar Arangam in Arivalayam (DMK headquarters) at 6 PM on May 4,” its general secretary Duraimurugan said in a statement.
All the newly elected legislators have to attend the meeting without fail, he added.
Counting of votes polled in the April 6 assembly elections in the state, taken up on Sunday, was continuing Monday and the EC declared that DMK had won from 132 seats and was leading in one more, giving it a comfortable strength of 133 in the 234-member House. The simple majority number is 118.
