AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala has been unanimously elected as the party's Legislature Party leader. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam proposed her name at a meeting of party MLAs in Chennai.

The official AIADMK twitter handle said "Chinnamma all set to become the Next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu."

Ms. Sasikala will be the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after Janaki Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa.

On December 31, 2016, Ms. Sasikala was elected as the AIADMK general secretary IANS