 Summary of this article
- Vijay won the Tamil Nadu Assembly trust vote with support from 144 MLAs.
- Rebel AIADMK legislators backed the TVK government despite opposition from party chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
- The Assembly session also saw clashes over Vijay’s “secular” pitch and the appointment of astrologer Radhan Pandit as OSD.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK head C. Vijay Joseph has won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. His government received 144 votes well past the majority mark of 118. Twenty-two MLAs voted against the government while five MLAs abstained from voting.
The DMK and its 59 MLAs led by Leader of Opposition Udhyanidhi Stalin staged a walkout before the trust vote.
"The whistle (the TVK's election symbol) has changed history," Vijay said after the result. "We will call ourselves a minority government… a government that will protect the rights of minorities."
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BY Outlook News Desk |
