TTV Dhinakaran takes oath as MLA from RK Nagar

Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, who secured an emphatic win in the RK Nagar bypoll, was on Friday sworn-in as member of the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

He succeeds former chief minister J Jayalalithaa as legislator of the city segment.

The



newly-elected MLA was sworn-in as a member of the 15th Assembly by Speaker P Dhanapal in his office.

Dhinakaran's supporters, including some disqualified MLAs and key aides like Thangatamilselvan and P Vetrivel, were present on the occasion. Dhanapal later shook hands with Dhinakaran.