Tamil Nadu Today: Vijay calls on Stalin at his residence

1. Vijay, Udhayanidhi, Palaniswami instrumentality oath arsenic MLAs

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, his 9 Cabinet colleagues, Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, erstwhile Chief Ministers Edappadi K. Palaniswami (AIADMK) and O. Panneerselvam (now DMK) are among the 231 elected representatives who took oath arsenic members of the 17^th Legislative Assembly contiguous (May 11, 2026). AIADMK elder subordinate C.Ve. Shanmugam (who has been holding consultations with a ample radical of enactment MLAs) did not instrumentality oath.

Minister S. Keerthana, did not bring with her the certificate of election, erstwhile her sanction was called retired successful the Assembly to instrumentality oath. Later successful the day, she produced the certificate to the Assembly officials and took oath. 

2. AIADMK divided implicit Leader of the Legislature Party post

After the swearing successful of each the legislators was implicit this morning, a letter, purportedly signed by a radical of legislators of the AIADMK stating that the party’s wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami had been elected the Leader of the Legislature Party, was submitted to the Pro-tem Speaker M.V. Karuppaiah astatine his chamber. 

Later successful the evening, C. Ve. Shanmugam, accompanied by S.P. Velumani and galore different erstwhile Ministers including Natham R. Viswanathan and R. Kamaraj, came to the bureau of the Pro-tem Speaker and presented a letter, claiming the enactment of 30 MLAs for the enactment of Mr. Velumani. 

3. Vijay calls connected Stalin, Seeman, Anbumani

A time aft helium was sworn-in, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay sprung a surprise by calling connected DMK president and erstwhile Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam person Vaiko, Naam Tamilar Katchi laminitis Seeman, Pattali Makkal Katchi person Anbumani Ramadoss astatine their residences successful Chennai.