A woman walks past a banner of TVK president Chandrasekaran Joseph Vijay. (PTI Photo)

Tamil Nadu Government Formation Live Updates: AIADMK national spokesperson Kovai Sathyan criticised actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) over its alliance with Congress, saying that the latter has “put a hole in a ship, and it’s like helping the ship sink faster,” ANI reported. The TVK has emerged as the single largest party in the state with 108 legislators elected, but by itself, the debutant is 10 seats short of the mark in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The Congress, with five legislators, has offered conditional support to the TVK, bringing the total to 113. “The Governor is duty-bound to ask, ‘Where are the other 5?’…118 seats are needed and adding Congress’s 5 seats would not save TVK.” Sathyan said.

Governor delays swearing in: Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar’s has decided to delay Vijay’s swearing-in, noting that the “majority required to form the government has not been established.” Conventionally, the single largest party stakes its claim and is invited to form the government, and prove its majority on the floor of the house. However, Governor Arlekar is learnt to have asked Vijay to submit proof of support from at least 118 legislators.

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Congress quits DMK-led alliance: The Congress, with five MLAs in the House, has decided to partner with the TVK to help form the government. The grand old party’s move to end its decades-long alliance with the DMK has caused divisions within the INDIA bloc. The Dravidian party, with which the Congress allied to contest the election, adopted several resolutions, including one criticising the Congress for abandoning its ally. DMK spokesperson Saravanan Anadurai said the party “backstabbed the people of Tamil Nadu.”

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