Chennai, Feb. 14: A pulsating spectacle unfolded around a gaol and a grave south of the Vindhyas tonight after the conviction and the jail term of V.K. Sasikala was restored by the Supreme Court earlier in the day. A defiant Sasikala pulled a proxy out of her hat, nominating Edappadi K. Palaniswami, a loyalist and PWD minister whose community has a considerable presence in the Assembly, for chief minister.