O Panneerselvam has been chosen to be Tamil Nadu's new chief minister, a day after J Jayalalithaa was convicted and sentenced over an 18-year-old corruption case by a Bangalore court. The former chief minister was chosen as Ms Jayalalithaa's successor at a meeting of AIADMK members in Chennai this afternoon.

Mr Panneerselvam is a trusted loyalist of Ms Jayalalithaa. He was elevated to the position of chief minister in 2001 when she had to step down following her conviction in the Tansi land deal case; she was subsequently acquitted.