Edappadi´s emergence as an assertive leader
(WorldNews India)

When Jayalalithaa was the Chief Minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who was then holding the Highways portfolio in her Cabinet, once gave a response to a query on the delay in payment to government contractors that caught the MLA who asked the question unawares. `I know the concern of the member because he is also a contractor,` he said and, in the process, exposed the motive of the Opposition member who raised the question - an art mastered by very seasoned politicians. Jayalalithaa was not in the House at the time. In hindsight, Mr. Palaniswami, now the Chief Minister,...