Ms Jayalalithaa will be sworn in along with 28 ministers at the Centenary auditorium of Madras University at 11 am, said a press release from the state governor’s office Raj Bhawan.
The 67-year-old leader, known as “Amma” or mother by her adoring supporters, believes in consulting astrologers for the most auspicious time and place for major events in her life.
The ruling BJP at the Centre is expected to be represented. Sources said a senior union minister, Arun Jaitley or Sushma Swaraj, could come for the oath ceremony.
In 2011, Narendra Modi, now prime minister, had attended the swearing-in of Jayalalithaa.
Besides her party lawmakers and leaders, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter Kavita, an MP, will also attend the ceremony.
It is not known yet whether Jayalalithaa’s neighbor Rajinikanth will attend.
It was earlier believed that the ceremony would be simple, but party sources say since the venue is a university auditorium instead of the governor’s residence, there is likely to be a little more colour. It will certainly be different from the ceremony eight months ago in September, when O Panneerselvam and his ministers wept through their oaths.
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