The Hindu reports: In a related development, the Lok Bhavan said Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invited Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay and “explained that the requisite majority support in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, essential for forming the government, has not been established”. Opinion | Seeking a new paradigm for Dravidian exceptionalism While Vijay and senior party leaders reached out to the DMK’s allies — the Communist Party of India, the CPI(M) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, which have two seats each — DMK president M.K.
Stalin too is learnt to have broached with these three parties the idea of backing an AIADMK-led government. Now clearly, the three parties hold the key to any further churn in Tamil Nadu politics. Currently, the TVK with the support of the five elected candidates of the Congress, effectively has 112 seats in the 234-member House after accounting for the legal mandate for Vijay to resign from one of his two seats.
Background
Watch | Vijay won, but why can’t he become Chief Minister yet? Stalin, the outgoing Chief Minister who had initially rejected the proposal to back the AIADMK, reportedly yielded to pressure from second-line party leaders and invited CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam, CPI State secretary M.
Key facts
- In a related development, the Lok Bhavan said Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invited Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C.
- Joseph Vijay and “explained that the requisite majority support in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, essential for forming the government, has not been established”.
- Stalin too is learnt to have broached with these three parties the idea of backing an AIADMK-led government.
- Now clearly, the three parties hold the key to any further churn in Tamil Nadu politics.
- Watch | Vijay won, but why can’t he become Chief Minister yet?
What this means
Veerapandian, and VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan to his house for discussions. The DMK would not join the government, but the allies are free to take a decision on joining the government, he reportedly told them.
For the first time since 1952, Tamil Nadu has delivered a fractured mandate in an Assembly election? The man behind this turn of events is cinema superstar Vijay, who not only entered politics but also stunned the two Dravidian rivals, the DMK and AIADMK. But Vijay;s TVK managed only 108 seats on its own, short of the majority mark of 118.
Originally reported by The Hindu. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
