Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:20pm on 09 May 2026,Saturday Politics
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar officially appointed TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay as the Chief Minister-designate after the party secured support from allied parties, including VCK, CPI, CPI(M), Congress, and IUML. The backing pushed the alliance strength to 120 MLAs, crossing the majority mark in the 234-member Assembly. Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at 10 am at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. The dramatic government formation process followed days of negotiations and political uncertainty after the Assembly election verdict. Vijay’s rise marks a historic political shift, ending decades of DMK-AIADMK dominance in Tamil Nadu politics.
