‘Dalapati’ Vijay is the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 10: Governor C. Joseph Vijay was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in a grand ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai today. Tamil film superstar Vijay, popularly known as ‘Dalapati’, has started a new chapter in Tamil Nadu state politics.

Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to Vijay in a grand ceremony held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

At the same time, the Governor also administered the oath to 9 new ministers led by Vijay. ‘Bassi’ N Anand, Adav Arjuna, K.A. Sengottaiyan, K.G. Arunraj, P. Venkataramanan, C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar, A. Rajmohan, Keerthana and K.T. Prabhu took oath as ministers.

Various political leaders, film industry dignitaries, Vijay's parents Chandrashekhar and Shobha, girlfriend film star Trisha Krishnan, other stars, businessmen and thousands of fans were present on this occasion. TVK party workers celebrated grandly around the Raj Bhavan. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were also present. 

Vijay, who had gained immense popularity in the film industry, had shown more inclination towards politics in recent years. He had won the admiration of the youth with his promises of people-friendly governance, corruption-free system, employment for the youth and changes in the education sector. This wave continued in the elections as well, helping the Tamil Nadu Vetri Kalagam (TVK) party to achieve a great success.

The DMK and AIADMK parties had dominated the traditional Dravidian politics of Tamil Nadu for the last 6 decades. But Vijay's TVK party recorded a surprise result and won a landslide victory in many important seats. This has given rise to a new alternative force in state politics. Vijay has achieved this feat by pushing the powerful DMK party led by Stalin of the previous regime to the second position and reducing the AIADMK party led by Palaniswami to the third position. However, even though TVK emerged as the single largest party with 107 seats, it fell short of the simple majority of 118 seats and finally received permission from the Governor to assume power with the support of other smaller parties for the last 5 days. Although the Congress initially backed Vijay with five of its MLAs, leaving the DMK alliance, Vijay continued his efforts to secure the remaining majority seats. Vijay met the Governor for the fourth time at the Lok Bhavan in Chennai last night and submitted letters of support from Congress (5), CPI (2), CPM (2), VCK (2) and IUML (2). After receiving the support of 120 MLAs in the 234-member assembly yesterday, Vijay was declared the Chief Minister-designate by Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. Vijay becoming the Chief Minister has once again reminded us of the film-political heritage of Tamil Nadu. After former Chief Ministers M.G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa, it is special that another popular film star has now ascended to the throne of the state.

“CM Vijay” and “Dalapathi” are trending on social media, and fans are praising Vijay as the “People’s Chief Minister”. There is curiosity all over the country about what kind of governance Vijay's government will provide in the coming days. After taking office, Vijay started his speech with an emotional speech, "My beloved people who reside in my heart...". As soon as he heard these words, thousands of fans present at the program expressed great joy. Then Vijay continued his speech and said that this is not just Vijay's government, this is the government of every citizen of Tamil Nadu. Let us all build a new Tamil Nadu together.

After taking office as the Chief Minister, Vijay signed his first document and approved a scheme to provide 200 units of free electricity to home users. He also signed 3 more guarantees. He made several pre-election announcements including monthly Rs. 2 thousand rupees for homeowners, 8 grams of gold for the marriage of poor girls, 6 free LPG cylinders per year, financial assistance for children's education, interest-free loans to farmers.

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