Chennai, Feb. 27 -- His loyalty to late AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa was well known and undisputable for which he was rewarded with the post of Chief Minister twice by her.
Considered the man Friday of Jayalalithaa, the always soft-spoken OPS was the preferred and only choice having handpicked him twice for the post of Chief Minister after she was made to quit due to court orders in corruption cases.
Once when a layman told OPS (who was running a tea shop at his native Theni district) that he was born to serve the Nation, he did not attach too much importance to it and ignored it.
But the layman eventually turned out to be his soothsayer as his predictions came true when OPS, elected to the Assembly for the first time in 2001 and made PW...