Chennai: The transition of Chandrasekaran Joseph Vijay aka Vijay Thalapathy aka Vijay from a superstar of Tamil film industry to chief minister of the southern state is complete.
Vijay called on Tamil Nadu Governor on Friday, for the third time in three days. And this time, Rajendra Arlekar gave his go-ahead to the formation of government after Vijay presented a letter of support of 118 MLAs, the majority mark.
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: TVK chief Vijay arrives at the Lok Bhavan in Chennai. pic.twitter.com/OiuoRf9qYZ
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#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: TVK chief Vijay meets Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and stakes claim to form Government in the state.
(Video Source: Tamil Nadu Lok Bhavan) pic.twitter.com/SleWYzzvZm
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Vijay, who was flooded with greetings and congratulatory messages, is likely to take oath as chief minister at a grand ceremony starting 11 am at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Saturday, CPI(M) leader K. Balakrishnan told ANI.
TVK, which won 108 seats – including two constituencies where Vijay was victorious – managed to push the number up to 120 on Friday, thanks to support from Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) and IUML.
Congress was the first party to extend support to TVK to help the largest single party form the government. But their 5 legislators wasn’t enough, leading the Governor to ask for sufficient support and causing a delay.
