Overview
- Vijay, who took the oath Sunday at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, was sworn in alongside nine TVK ministers approved by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.
- VCK and IUML submitted support letters on Saturday that lifted TVK’s count to 120 MLAs, adding to earlier backing from Congress and the CPI and CPI(M) to clear the 118-seat mark.
- Lok Bhavan invited Vijay to form the government and set a confidence vote deadline of May 13, a standard Assembly vote used to confirm a new administration’s numbers on the House floor.
- Minutes after the ceremony, the new chief minister signed orders for 200 units of free domestic electricity, a special force for women’s safety, and anti-drug units, steps that could cut household bills and target crime.
- A dispute over AMMK MLA S. Kamaraj’s purported support continues as TTV Dhinakaran alleges a forged letter and an AI-made video and files complaints, which TVK rejects while releasing its own footage.