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Chief Minister C. Joseph VIjay comfortably won the spot ballot successful the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) with the enactment of the CPI, CPI(M), VCK, and IUML, from the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) led by the DMK, arsenic good arsenic that of 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs and the lone AMMK MLA.
After the DMK legislators and the lone DMDK MLA, Premallatha Vijayakant, walked out, the assurance question moved by Mr. Vijay was enactment to ballot by Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar, contempt AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s absorption to allowing rebel AIADMK person – and his confidant until a fewer days agone – S.P. Velumani from speaking connected the party’s behalf.
Mr. Velumani’s campy pledged enactment to Mr. Vijay. In the end, the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) secured 144 votes, with 22 MLAs from Mr. Palaniswami’s campy opposing it. Four PMK MLAs and the lone BJP MLA voted ‘Neutral’.
Vijay acknowledgment voters
Thanking everyone successful the Assembly, Mr. Vijay said the radical had reposed religion successful the TVK government, conscionable arsenic they did successful 1967 and 1977 to usher successful “governments of the communal people.” The “whistle revolution” had secured implicit 34% of votes to elite the TVK arsenic the single-largest enactment successful little than 3 years of its formation.
“If anyone thinks that this is simply a number government, we are happy. This is simply a number government, which volition combat to support the minorities,” helium said, adding that this authorities was for everyone. The Chief Minister further promised a democratic, secular authorities rooted successful societal justice.
Reiterating that this was “a communal man’s rule,” Mr. Vijay said the authorities was for the bully of everyone and the nationalist would realise this arsenic clip goes by. “This is not a authorities to amusement powerfulness oregon authority, it is to present bully for the people. Public payment is the sole motto of this government,” helium said.
