Vijay meets TN guv, claims support of 120 MLAs

Sat, 09 May 2026

20:06

After securing a thin majority in the Tamil Nadu assembly with support from Congress, CPI-M, CPI, VCK and IUML, TVK chief Vijay finally met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar at Lok Bhavan on Saturday evening .

This is Vijay's fourth meeting ever since the results were announced on May 4.

With the support of five parties, the numbers in favour of TVK rose to 120, just two more than the simple majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly.

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