Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Saturday gave the green light for TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay to form the government in the state, marking an end to a stalemate between the two over the 118-seat majority mark required for the same.
In Vijay's fourth visit to the Lok Bhavan after Governor Arlekar previously refused to invite him to form the government in the state, the latter reviewed letters of support submitted by the allied parties and gave his assent.
Notably, just a few hours earlier, Governor Arlekar had deferred the Lok Bhavan meeting with Vijay, citing a visit to Kerala.
However, it was when that meeting was cancelled that Vijay rushed to the Lok Bhavan to stake his claim to the state government—this time with the support of 121 MLAs.
(More details are awaited.)
