KOCHI, May 24 -- It's an anniversary which Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy and other members of the council of Ministers would prefer not to speak about. On Saturday, the AIADMK Government in Tamil Nadu completed four years in office and entered the last phase of the tenure of this Government. It was on May 23, 2016 , J Jayalalithaa, popularly known as Amma, took oath of office as Chief Minister for the second time in succession after returning to power single-handedly.

But the joy of the AIADMK cadre was short lived as Jayalalithaa breathed her last on December 5, 2016 and O Panneerselvam took over as the Chief Minister. He was eased out of office on February 6, 2017 as the fall out of a palace coup staged by V K Sasikala, the close a...