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Vijay inches closer to majority mark but is there a twist left?

The Indian Express·Arun Janardhanan·24 days ago
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Actor-politician Vijay moved closer to forming the next government in Tamil Nadu on Friday after DMK allies the CPI, CPM, and IUML extended support to his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), pushing the fledgling party-led bloc to the edge of the majority mark in a fractured Assembly . However, with the VCK’s letter of support yet to reach the Governor, a question mark hangs on whether there will be a swearing-in ceremony tomorrow. By evening, Vijay had met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and staked claim to form the government after days of intense negotiations, political reversals and rapidly shifting loyalties that upended the state’s traditional Dravidian order. The TVK won 108 seats in the Assembly election, emerging as the single largest force in a contest that shattered the decades-long dominance of the DMK and AIADMK, which won 59 and 47 seats respectively.…

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