AIADMK General Secretary met the Governor C.Vidyasagar Rao at around 7:30 PM at the latter's Raj Bhavan residence in Chennai.

Before going to the Governor's official residence, Sasikala went to the memorial of late Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha and prayed in front of her. She also kept the document in which ADMK MLAs have agreed to accept Sasikala as the Legistlative Party Leader and to make her the Chief Minister.

Then Sasikala met the Governor and staked claim to form the Governor.

Earlier on the day, Chief Minister O.Panneer Selvam,who has started a rebellion against nominating Sasikala as the next CM, met the Governor with his supporters and briefed him about the situation. He seems to have claimed that he has the support of ADMK rank and file and the people and he was forced to resign the CM post.

It was expected that the Governor will either invite Sasikala to form the Government as she has the support of over 130 MLAs or withdraw his acceptance for the resignation of OPS. But in an unprecedented move, the Governor has sent a report to the President, Prime Minister and the Home Ministery about the prevailing political situation in Tamil Nadu. He is also expected to seek legal opinion before talking a decision on this.

Political analyst say that the Governor may not take a call until the Supreme Court pronounces its verdict on the Disproportionate Assets case in which Sasikala is one of the accused.

This means the political turmoil in Tamil Nadu will continue for more days to come.