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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay appears to have no dearth of support ahead of the big trust vote on Wednesday. A group of 30 AIADMK leaders, led by senior leaders SP Velumani and C Ve Shanmugam, announced support for the Vijay-led government. The AIADMK rebel camp has questioned party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami’s leadership following…
A faction of the AIADMK – led by CV Shanmugam – extended support Tuesday to Tamil Nadu’s ruling coalition headed by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. Shanmugam told reporters he plans to meet the chief minister later today. He pointed to a string of electoral defeats suffered by the All India Anna Dravida…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated TVK Chief Vijay as he took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu during the grand ceremony in Chennai. The historic swearing-in event witnessed the presence of top political leaders, celebrities and thousands of supporters. Celebrations erupted across the state as Thalapathy Vijay officially assumed office as Tamil Nadu…
Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium came alive today with thousands cheering for Tamil Nadu’s new Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay as he took the oath after a historic performance by his new party, TVK, in the assembly election. Among the many interesting sights and sounds at Vijay’s oath-taking ceremony, ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung in full. It…
In Tamil Nadu, education has never been just about classrooms, exams or school reforms. It has been about language, about identity, about federalism, and, of course, about power. For over five decades, Dravidian parties built an entire political grammar around resisting what they saw as Delhi’s attempts to centralise education, whether it was Hindi imposition,…
Tamil Nadu Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor-turned-politician C Joseph Vijay will be the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Vijay will take oath as the 9th Chief Minister of the state at 10 am today at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in. According to media reports,…
Heavy security arrangements and barricading have been put in place outside TVK chief Vijay’s residence in Chennai ahead of his swearing-in ceremony. Police personnel are restricting fan movement and allowing entry only to local residents in the area. Vijay is expected to leave his residence around 8 a.m. and may visit his family members before…
What kind of relationship will Vijay have with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government if he leads Tamil Nadu? In this insightful conversation, S Gurumurthy analyses Vijay’s political positioning, his changing tone towards the BJP after the Karur incident, and why the actor-politician appears reluctant to engage in constant confrontation with Delhi. Source…
After a long campaign and sustained efforts to stitch together a coalition, TVK Chief C Joseph Vijay will finally be the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. He has already proven his numbers before the Governor and will have to prove his majority on the floor of the state Assembly after being sworn in. It’s the…
It took five days, four meetings with the governor and unending negotiations with potential allies, but the Vijay thriller in Tamil Nadu is finally heading towards its climax. The actor-turned-politician, who formed the TVK two years ago and led it to victory on its debut in the Tamil Nadu elections, will take oath at 10…