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Tamil Nadu Government Formation: Tamil Nadu’s ‘Game of Thrones’ continues following the recently completed Assembly elections. The suspense related to the government formation in Tamil Nadu continues as the state’s Governor has not yet sent an invitation to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief Vijay to form the government. It is because the Governor’s office has yet to receive a letter from one of the supporting parties.
On Friday evening, TVK chief Vijay reached Lok Bhavan and met governor RV Arlekar after putting in efforts to secure a magical majority mark of 118+. Notably, this was the actor-turned-politician’s third meeting with the governor in three days after TVK created history by winning 108 seats in the recently completed assembly elections. However, the number is short of the halfway mark by 10.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of India extended its ‘unconditional support’ to Vijay’s party so that it could form the government in Tamil Nadu.
The TVK chief is expected to meet the state’s governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar today evening regarding the government formation. However, the government formation in the state has been in limbo following the Assembly election result. The TVK, even after securing the highest number of seats, has been unable to form the government as it has not crossed the majority mark.
Recently, Congress also announced its support for TVK by offering its five seats.
On Friday, TVK and Congress supporters staged protests against the governor, alleging that Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar is deliberately not inviting Vijay to form the government.
It is to be noted that the TVK, which is only two years old party, created history by winning over 100 seats in the recently completed Assembly elections, but fell short of around 10 to cross the majority mark. It got support from Congress, but even with the support, it can reach only 113, which is still short of the 118 mandate mandatory to form the government in the southern state.
Amid all the political tussle, there is also a buzz that AIADMK and DMK can join hands. However, there’s no official announcement to this end.
As per news agency PTI, TVK held a crucial meeting with its MLAs-designate on Thursday. During the closed-door meeting, legislators asked party general secretary ‘Bussy’ N Anand when the government formation would take place.
In response, the legislators were told to remain patient, as Vijay is ‘making all the efforts,’ the PTI report said, quoting a source.
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