O. Panneerselvam: Difference between revisions

| office        = [[List of deputy leaders of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

| term_end      =  

| predecessor  = [[Durai Murugan]]

|term_start2 = 29 May 2006 |term_end2= 14 May 2011 | predecessor2  = Panruti S. Ramachandran |successor2 = [[Durai Murugan]] |constituency1 = [[Periyakulam (state assembly constituency)|Periyakulam]]  

| office4       = 6th [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]

| term_start4   = 5 December 2016

| term_end4     = 15 February 2017

| governor4    = [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] {{small|(Addit. charge)}}

| successor4    = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]

| term_start5  = 28 September 2014

| term_end5   = 23 May 2015

| governor5    = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]

| successor5   = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]

| term_start6   = 21 September 2001

| term_end6    = 2 March 2002

| governor6    = [[C. Rangarajan]] {{small|(Addit. charge)}}<br />[[P. S. Ramamohan Rao]]

| predecessor6 = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]

| successor6    = [[J. Jayalalithaa]]

| office3      = 2nd [[Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]]

| term_start3  = 21 August 2017

| governor3    = [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]] {{small|(Addit. charge)}}<br/>[[Banwarilal Purohit]]

| 1blankname3  = Chief Minister

| 1namedata3    = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]

| predecessor3  = [[M. K. Stalin]]

| successor3    = ''Vacant''

| office7      = 14th [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

| 1blankname7  = Chief Minister  

| office8       = Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

| term_start8   = 16 May 2011

| term_end8     =  

| predecessor8 = [[S. Lakshmanan]]

| constituency8 = [[Bodinayakkanur (state assembly constituency)|Bodinayakkanur]]

| term_start9   = 14 May 2001

| term_end9     = 15 May 2011

| constituency9 = [[Periyakulam (state assembly constituency)|Periyakulam]]

| predecessor9 = [[L. Mookiah]]

| successor9   = [[A. Laser]]

| office10       = Chief Coordinator and Deputy Leader of the Party Legislature Committee [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]

| 1blankname10  = Joint Coordinator

| 1namedata10    = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]  

| deputy10      = [[K. P. Munusamy]], [[R. Vaithilingam]]

| term_start10   = 21 August 2017

| term_end10     =              

| successor10   =  

| office11      = Treasurer of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]

| term_start11  = 28 August 2007

| term_end11    =  

| 1blankname11  = Chief Coordinator

| 1namedata11    = ''Himself''

| predecessor11  = [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]]

| successor11    =  

| party        = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] [[File:AIADMK_Official_Flag.png|20px]]

| nickname      = O.P.S., Periyakullathar

He is a senior leader of the AIADMK political party and was a staunch aide of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK General Secretary [[J. Jayalalithaa]]. His first two terms as Chief Minister came when he replaced Jayalalithaa in the role, after she was forced to resign by the courts. His third term began following Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's death and ended two months later, [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]] was appointed as the Chief Minister by [[Governor of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu Governor]] [[C. Vidyasagar Rao]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/governor-vidyasagar-rao-palanisamy-panneerselvam-aiadmk-tamil-nadu-cm/1/884014.html|title=E Palaniswami is new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, 30 other AIADMK leaders take oath at Raj Bhavan|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/aiadmk-tussle-sasikala-in-jail-panneerselvam-and-palaniswami-compete-for-tamil-nadu-cm-post/story-oSL10dQQ4YXmOxAl88b53K.html|title=Palaniswami takes oath as CM, OPS says will fight for justice|date=2017-02-16|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en}}</ref> He was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 21 August 2017. He also holds portfolios of Finance, Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board and Accommodation Control, Town Planning, Urban Development, and [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/aiadmk-merger-panneerselvam-to-be-deputy-cm-gets-finance-portfolio/article19533739.ece|title=AIADMK merger: Panneerselvam is Deputy CM, gets finance portfolio|date=21 August 2017|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> On 4 January 2018, O. Panneerselvam elected as Leader of the House in [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]].

Paneerselvam started his political career periyakulam as a worker of the then AIADMK in 1973 after [[M. G. Ramachandran]] split from the DMK. He was Chairman of [[Periyakulam]] Municipality from 1996 to 2001.

He was sworn in as the 13th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] in September 2001 when the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was barred from holding office by the [[Supreme Court of India]]. During his stint as Chief Minister, he was widely criticised for allegedly heading a [[puppet government]] managed by Jayalalithaa.He Was Suggested By VK Sasikala. His tenure lasted for six months, from 21 September 2001 to 1 March 2002. In March 2002, he resigned as Chief Minister and Jayalalithaa was sworn in again after the Madras high Court overturned her conviction and she won a [[by-election]] from [[Andipatti (state assembly constituency)|Andipatti]] assembly constituency. From 2 March 2002 to 13 December 2003, he was the Minister for Public Works, Prohibition and Excise. Subsequently, he was also entrusted with the Revenue department's charge from 13 December 2003 to May 16 2006.

After the party lost the assembly elections in May 2006, Panneerselvam was the leader of the AIADMK legislative party and the [[Opposition (parliamentary)|Leader of the Opposition]] in the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] for about two weeks. In that election, he was elected to be the member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from [[Periyakulam (state assembly constituency)|Periyakulam]]. After all the AIADMK legislators were suspended by the speaker of the house, Jayalalithaa, who had decided not to attend the Legislative Assembly, decided to return and replaced Panneerselvam as the Leader of the Opposition.

On 6 December 2016, Panneerselvam was elected as the [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] following the death of incumbent Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/o-panneerselvam-jayalalitha-health-jayalalitha-news-tamil-nadu/1/827128.html|title=Its official: AIADMK leaders choose O Panneerselvam as Jayalalithaas successor|access-date=2016-12-05}}</ref> On 10 December he held his first cabinet meeting as a full-term Chief Minister..<ref>{{cite news|title=O Panneerselvam holds first cabinet meeting after Jayalalithaa's demise|url=http://www.india.com/news/india/o-panneerselvam-holds-first-cabinet-meeting-after-jayalalithaas-demise-1700280/|work=India.com|date=10 December 2016}}</ref> He tended his resignation as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 6 February 2017 to the governor, who accepted and appointed him as the caretaker Chief Minister of the state to avoid a leadership vacuum, until further measures could be taken.{{Citation needed|date=February 2017}}.

===Deputy Chief Minister, 2017-2021===

===Deputy Leader of Opposition, 2021===

A report in [[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week magazine]] on December 2017, alleged that Panneerselvam was on the sand mining baron [[Sekhar Reddy]]'s payroll.<ref>{{Cite web|title=O Panneerselvam Dodges Corruption Charge As Report Triggers New Row|url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/tamil-nadu-deputy-chief-minister-o-panneerselvam-dodges-corruption-charge-as-report-triggers-new-row-1785498|access-date=2021-01-18|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> Reddy was arrested by the [[Income Tax Department|Income Tax department]] in March 2017 on money laundering charges. Five pages of the Reddy's Diary suggest alleged payments made to several AIADMK ministers, MLAs, and many others, amounting to more than ₹ 48 crore. At least five payments in which the word 'OPS' or the name of his secretary Ramesh was written are shown in the contents of the diary.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-08|title=Sekar Reddy’s ‘secret diary’: Were OPS, other ministers on mining baron’s payroll?|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sekar-reddy-s-secret-diary-were-ops-other-ministers-mining-baron-s-payroll-72826|access-date=2021-01-18|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=December 17, 2017|title=Money, and the man?|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/o-panneerselvam-wealth-money-and-the-man.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Week}}</ref>

After his exit from AIADMK Panneerselvam and his supporters appealed to the election commission to take action against the Current Party Chief [[V. K. Sasikala|V.K.Sasikala]] current chief minister [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]] . He also made a point to them that he needs the two leaf party symbol to contest in [[Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar|RK Nagar]] election. Also, Edappadi K. Palaniswami and supporters appealed against him, but the election commission rejected both the appeals and allotted two different symbols to each party.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/230317/two-leaves-symbol-frozen-by-election-commission.html|title=Blow to AIADMK: ‘Two leaves’ symbol frozen by Election Commission|date=2017-03-23|work=deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=2017-06-12|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==  

*[[First Panneerselvam ministry]]

|after = [[K. Palanisamy]]