“Edappadi K Palaniswamy,” the incumbent CM of Tamilnadu paid the floral respect to the portrait of Madam “
Jayalalithaa
” at the ADMK office. He also planted saplings on the eve of Jayalalithaa’s birthday and announced that to mark the 69th birthday of Jayalalithaa, 69 lakh saplings will be planted all over Tamilnadu. Meanwhile, he has announced a compensation of Rs. 15 crore to the family of the fishermen, who were affected due to the oil spill. Meanwhile, EPS has transferred some of his departments such as finance and employee & administrative reforms to the fisheries minister Jayakumar. He also has plans to meet PM Narendra Modi on 27th February 2017.