Joseph Vijay Sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay has taken the oath as Tamil Nadu's new Chief Minister. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Nehru Indoor Stadium. Tamil Nadu State Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Vijay. Along with him, nine Ministers were also sworn in. At the swearing-in ceremony, Rahul Gandhi and several personalities from the Tamil film industry were present.Vijay took five days, four meetings with the governor and unending negotiations with potential allies to cross the magic majority mark of 118 in the Tamil Nadu Assembly.The 51-year-old actor-turned-politician, whose TVK won 108 of 234 seats in last month's elections, met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday and claimed the support of five MLAs of Congress, two lawmakers of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), and two each from the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).Since Vijay was elected from two constituencies and will have to vacate one seat, the alliance's total stands at 120 MLAs.Vijay's government is the first non-DMK, non-AIADMK government in nearly 60 years in Tamil Nadu.
