Chandrasekar Joseph Vijay is all set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state on May 10. In his first cabinet, he will induct 9 ministers. Tamil Nadu Governor Arlekar has approved the recommendation of Chief Minister-designate Vijay for the appointment of nine ministers, according to an official communication from Lok Bhavan.

A top-rated actor-politician, the 51-year-old Vijay will be sworn in as the CM at the sprawling Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here at 10 AM on Sunday, the Lok Bhavan said. The VCK and IUML extended "unconditional support," to Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam. With the two small parties' support, 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.

Capping days of hectic parleying to shore up numbers to usher in the first non-DMK, non-AIADMK government in nearly 70 years, Vijay finally managed to secure the support of four MLAs of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday.

Later, he headed to the Lok Bhavan for his fourth meeting with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar in as many days to discuss government formation, before the latter appointed Vijay as CM and invited him to form ministry.

TVK workers burst firecrackers and distributed sweets and gathered in large numbers in party office to celebrate.

Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, with 108 seats, but 10 short of a majority initially, had earlier reached out to the Congress, CPI, CPI (M),VCK and IUML-- all DMK allies, seeking their support to form the government after winning its maiden Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, which was held on April 23. The results were declared on May 4.

Vijay, who has won from two segments, Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchirappalli East, He has to resign from one of them, bringing down the party's strength to 107. The number of MLAs from parties supporting the TVK-- Congress (5) and the CPI, CPI (M), VCK and IUML with two MLAs each, stands at 13.

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