Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today resigned after the AIADMK suffered a defeat in the Assembly election.

According to reports, Palaniswami has sent his resignation from Salem through his Secretary and the letter will reach Governor Banwarilal Purohit late this afternoon.

Meanwhile, Palaniswami has greeted DMK president M K Stalin, who is going to be the next CM of Tamilnadu.

In a Tamil tweet, EPS said, ‘I convey my wishes to Stalin who is going to take charge as the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu.’

Palaniswami has emerged victorious yet again in his home constituency of Edappadi. won by a thumping margin of 93,802 votes – the highest of his political career – in Edappadi Assembly constituency as the AIADMK put up a good performance in Salem.

Palaniswami received 1,63,154 votes to defeat his closest rival DMK candidate T Sambathkumar, who secured 69,352 votes.