CM Vijay Announces Free Power, Women’s Safety Measures After Oath
10 May 2026 11:41 AM IST10 May 2026 11:41 AM IST
As he began speaking, the venue of the ceremony at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, erupted in cheers
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay signs documents as he takes charge as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, at Secretariat, in Chennai. (TN DIPR/YT via PTI Photo)
Chennai: In a glittering, grand ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium in Chennai, C. Joseph Vijay, president of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) that had emerged as the single largest party in the state Assembly elections, was sworn in as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and nine of his party colleagues took oath as ministers on Sunday with the state witnessing a new political wave sweeping through it.
Soon after seeing off the Governor, Rajendra Vishwanth Arlekar, who administered the oath of office and secrecy to him, Vijay returned to the packed stadium where the enthusiastic crowd waited for him to deliver his maiden address to the people as Chief Minister and also announce signature schemes of the new government like 200 units of free electricity to households that consume up to 500 units every two months.
Later, he drove down to the Secretariat to hold a detailed review of the law and order situation in the state with top officers of the state and said that issues like women’s safety and drug menace would be continuously reviewed.
At the Secretariat, he sat in his room and issued orders for the election of protem Speaker, as the first session of the 17th legislative Assembly would meet on Monday at 9.30 am, when all the elected members of the House would take oath of office.
Vijay also resigned his membership from the Tiruchi East constituency from where he had contested, along with Perambur in Chennai, and won both of them.
The Assembly secretary has advised the members to have their certificate of election with them for presentation. The election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be held on Tuesday at 9.30 am.
Apart from Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, parents of Vijay, S.A. Chandrasekar and Shobha Chandrasekar, leaders from the political parties that had extended support to the TVK to enable it reach the magic number of 118 that the Governor had been insisting on since the beginning, wide range of personalities from the film world, industrial captains, prominent personalities and TVK supporters attended the swearing in.
Dressed in a white shirt and dark suit without a necktie, Vijay looked different from the traditional politicians of the state who had been conventionally turning up in white dhoti and shirt all through the years and also spoke differently without out the usual rhetoric associated with political spiels. He said with the overwhelming support of the people of Tamil Nadu his party could achieve anything it wanted.
However, he would refrain from making tall promises and assured the people of doing what could be done. Recalling his humble past as the son of a struggling assistant director in films, he said that he was not from a wealthy background like anybody else in the crowd having to fight his way up the ladder.
Vijay will be proving his majority on the floor of the House by seeking a vote of confidence on Wednesday.
The swearing gave rise to a controversy after the national song Vande Matharam was played twice during the event - once in the beginning and then at the end of it. Since the normal practice has been to play Tamil Thai Vazhthu at the beginning of any event and conclude the show with the singing of the national anthem, the introduction of Vande Matharam earned the wrath of many leaders in Tamil Nadu.
Newly appointed minister Adhav Arjuna later in the night clarified that no government function would hereafter play Vande Mataram, either in the beginning or end. It was done in the swearing in at the insistence of the Governor, who cited a government notification that Vande Mataram should be played mandatorily in government events.
Later, he drove down to the Secretariat to hold a detailed review of the law and order situation in the state with top officers of the state and said that issues like women’s safety and drug menace would be continuously reviewed.
At the Secretariat, he sat in his room and issued orders for the election of protem Speaker, as the first session of the 17th legislative Assembly would meet on Monday at 9.30 am, when all the elected members of the House would take oath of office.
Vijay also resigned his membership from the Tiruchi East constituency from where he had contested, along with Perambur in Chennai, and won both of them.
The Assembly secretary has advised the members to have their certificate of election with them for presentation. The election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be held on Tuesday at 9.30 am.
Apart from Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, parents of Vijay, S.A. Chandrasekar and Shobha Chandrasekar, leaders from the political parties that had extended support to the TVK to enable it reach the magic number of 118 that the Governor had been insisting on since the beginning, wide range of personalities from the film world, industrial captains, prominent personalities and TVK supporters attended the swearing in.
Dressed in a white shirt and dark suit without a necktie, Vijay looked different from the traditional politicians of the state who had been conventionally turning up in white dhoti and shirt all through the years and also spoke differently without out the usual rhetoric associated with political spiels. He said with the overwhelming support of the people of Tamil Nadu his party could achieve anything it wanted.
However, he would refrain from making tall promises and assured the people of doing what could be done. Recalling his humble past as the son of a struggling assistant director in films, he said that he was not from a wealthy background like anybody else in the crowd having to fight his way up the ladder.
Vijay will be proving his majority on the floor of the House by seeking a vote of confidence on Wednesday.
The swearing gave rise to a controversy after the national song Vande Matharam was played twice during the event - once in the beginning and then at the end of it. Since the normal practice has been to play Tamil Thai Vazhthu at the beginning of any event and conclude the show with the singing of the national anthem, the introduction of Vande Matharam earned the wrath of many leaders in Tamil Nadu.
Newly appointed minister Adhav Arjuna later in the night clarified that no government function would hereafter play Vande Mataram, either in the beginning or end. It was done in the swearing in at the insistence of the Governor, who cited a government notification that Vande Mataram should be played mandatorily in government events.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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