A last-minute bid to make Thirumavalavan Tamil Nadu's first Scheduled Caste CM failed due to internal party disagreements and support issues.

Thirumavalavan's bid for Tamil Nadu's CM role failed amid political negotiations and lack of MLA support from AIADMK.

A last-minute bid to make Thirumavalavan Tamil Nadu's first Scheduled Caste CM failed due to internal party disagreements and support issues.

A last-minute bid to make Thirumavalavan Tamil Nadu's first Scheduled Caste CM failed due to internal party disagreements and support issues.

Vijay's oath ceremony, which took place on Sunday, came after four days of protracted political negotiations after his party received an unprecedented mandate that split open the binary politics that Tamil Nadu

A day after taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, TVK chief C Joseph Vijay met former CM MK Stalin and Udhayanidhi in Chennai ahead of the crucial May 13 Assembly floor test.

Actor Simran praised Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's meeting with DMK president MK Stalin after the two leaders met at Stalin's residence in Chennai. Her post cast the courtesy call as a display of warmth, dignity and Tamil Nadu's democratic spirit.

Separate arrivals by AIADMK MLAs at the new Assembly session underlined the challenge to Edappadi Palaniswami's leadership after another defeat. The unrest has revived talk of a split, with Vijay's TVK poised to gain from any rupture.

Following directions from the CM, authorities carried out an inspection and review to identify liquor shops functioning within a 500-metre radius of sensitive public locations across the state. The government said the CM had ordered immediate action, considering the larger public interest and welfare concerns.

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TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.