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The multiple challenges that Sasikala faces

VK.Sasikala

VK.Sasikala Source: VK.Sasikala

India's southern Tamil Nadu state is to have another female chief minister, two months after the death of influential politician J Jayalalitha. The ruling AIADMK party said Sasikala Natarajan would become the next chief minister following the resignation of the acting chief minister. A close confidante of Jayalalitha, Sasikala was made the general secretary of the party after the latter's death. S.M.Abdul Jabbar, an award winning and leading journalist, analyses from Tamil Nadu.



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