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From a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Minister forgetting to bring her Election Certificate to an AIADMK MLA breaking down, the oath-taking ceremonial of the members of Tamil Nadu’s 17th Legislative Assembly successful Chennai was peppered with absorbing incidents connected Monday (May 11, 2026).
TVK Minister Keerthana without predetermination certificate
Minister S. Keerthana, did not bring with her the certificate of election, erstwhile her sanction was called retired successful the Assembly to instrumentality oath. She was primitively the 10th legislator aft the Chief Minister and 8 Ministers to beryllium called for taking oath. However, aboriginal successful the day, she produced the certificate to the Assembly officials and took oath. However she was not alone.
Though the Assembly Secretariat had requested the newly-elected to bring the certificate of predetermination without fail, portion presenting themselves for making and subscribing the oath oregon affirmation, galore failed to bash so. They could not instrumentality oath erstwhile their names were called out. Later successful the day, they managed to nutrient the certificates and took the oath.
‘Who greets whom?’
Likewise, determination was a guessing crippled connected ‘Who greets whom?’ Former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (AIADMK) and DMK Legislature Party person Udhayanidhi Stalin greeted each other. When Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay entered the House, too members from the TVK, galore successful the DMK and the AIADMK, including Mr. Udhayanidhi and Mr. Palaniswami were seen greeting him. Mr. Vijay excessively greeted each the members of the House with folded hands.
AIADMK MLA breaks down
AIADMK MLA K. Mohan from Panruti broke down erstwhile taking oath. He faced the representation of erstwhile Chief Minister Jayalalithaa successful the House with folded hands and kept saying “Amma, Amma” earlier going backmost to his seat.
In different spectacle witnessed successful the Assembly connected Monday, immoderate MLAs greeted Mr. Palaniswami earlier taking oath. A fewer TVK Ministers, arsenic they walked towards the podium to instrumentality oath, besides greeted the Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and those seated connected the archetypal enactment of the Opposition benches. Notably, the Speaker is yet to finalise the seating statement of the House.
In the sanction of God oregon conscience?
Several MLAs inadvertently repeated the aforesaid procedural mistake portion taking their oath. With some formats of affirmation — swearing successful the sanction of God arsenic good arsenic affirming by conscience — printed connected the oath sheet, galore members work retired the full substance verbatim alternatively of choosing one. The Assembly Secretary had to repeatedly punctual members to prime either of the 2 formats earlier completing the oath.
