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Inside ‘Team Vijay’: The strategists, influencers, loyalists, and ex-bureaucrat in Tamil Nadu’s new Cabinet

The Indian Express·Arun Janardhanan·23 days ago
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Chennai, May 10 (ANI): Newly-elected Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu C. Joseph Vijay clicks a selfie with Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and others after the swearing-in ceremony, in Chennai on Sunday. (AICC/ANI Photo) The new Tamil Nadu Cabinet sworn in alongside Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Sunday reflects the unusual architecture of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK). First in the order is N “Bussy” Anand, Vijay’s closest political organiser and the party’s general secretary. A former Puducherry legislator from the Bussy constituency, Anand is the bridge between Vijay’s fan-club universe and electoral politics. For TVK cadres, he is less a conventional functionary than the operational heartbeat of the movement – the man who converted welfare associations, blood donation networks and fan clubs into a political machine. Aadhav Arjuna, the son-in-law of lottery baron Santiago Martin and a former DMK and VCK leader, represents the TVK’s campaign machinery.…

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