Tamil Nadu politics has been in the centre stage for months. Here's a look at the key players in the ruling partyAIADMK that is undergoing tectonic shift as it struggles to come to terms with the void created by Jayalalithaa's unexpected demise last year.
V K SASIKALAA
Jayalalithaa's close confidante for three decades, rising from a small-time entrepreneur offering video coverage services in the early 1980s. She got acquainted with Jayalalithaa in 1982.
However, her conviction by Supreme Court in the 19-year-old disproportionate wealth case against, Jayalalithaa and two others, dashed her hopes of becoming the chief minister as she is now serving the remainder of her four-year jail term in a Bengaluru prison.
PANNERSELVAM
He also shouldered the responsibility of heading the cabinet when Jayalalithaa was on prolonged hospitalisation last year and later became the chief minister after her demise.
However, days after proposing Sasikala's name for the AIADMK Legislative Party leader and resigning from the post, he revolted against her and alleged that he was forced to quit.
His late night dramatic announcement at the memorial of Jayalalithaa after a 40-minute long meditation in February caused a vertical split in the AIADMK.
He also raised doubts over the death of Jayalalithaa.
After days of uncertainty, marked by claims and counter claims of support by the two groups, the Sasikala faction propped up senior minister K Palaniswami as chief minister.
He later comfortably won a confidence motion in the assembly, dashing hopes of Panneerselvam who managed to rope in only a dozen MLAs out of the 132-strong AIADMK Legislature Party in the 234-member House.
TTV DHINAKARAN
A nephew of Sasikala, he was re-inducted into the party and appointed deputy general secretary by her shortly before she proceeded to serve the jail term, apparently to keep the hold on the party with the family.
A former MP, Dhinakaran had been sacked along with Sasikala by Jayalalitha in December 2011 for anti-party activities.
Jayalalithaa later chose to revoke the expulsion of Sasikala alone.
Keen to secure popular support, he entered the fray in the April 12 by-poll to the RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which fell vacant due after Jayalalaithaa's demise.
The poll was later countermanded by the Election Commission over use of money to induce voters.
In a setback to him, Dhinakaran has been booked by Delhi Police on charges of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials for securing the 'Two Leaves' symbol of the AIADMK.
K PALANISAMY
Born in an farmer's family in Salem district of Western Tamil Nadu, he swore allegiance to Jayalalithaa when AIADMK split into two factions in 1987, one led by her and the other by Ramachandran's wife Janaki.
Surprisingly, he has now jumped into the anti-Dhinakaran bandwagon, though choosing to field senior cabinet colleague D Jayakumar to make the public announcements in this regard.
He's official chief minister of tamilnadu.
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