Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay is set to visit New Delhi on Wednesday (May 27), marking his first official visit to the national capital after assuming office. He will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union ministers during the trip.

The Chief Minister is expected to seek additional funds for the state and also request the Centre to approve major projects for Tamil Nadu during the meeting.

Vijay will leave from Chennai tomorrow morning, with senior state officials, including the Home Secretary, overseeing arrangements for the Chief Minister's visit to the national capital.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister is also likely to meet senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the visit.

Notably, the visit comes weeks after Vijay assumed office as Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister following a massive electoral victory by his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). The actor-turned-politician took oath as the 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 10, marking a major political shift in the state and ending the decades-long dominance of the DMK and AIADMK in state politics.

In a massive win, TVK emerged as the single-largest party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, winning 108 seats and later securing support from Congress, Left parties, VCK and IUML to form the government.

Earlier this month, the Tamil Nadu government announced the allocation of portfolios among ministers in the newly formed cabinet. Chief Minister Vijay retained several crucial departments, including Home, Police, Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply, Women Welfare and Special Programme Implementation.

In addition to this, the newly-formed state government also created a dedicated Artificial Intelligence department at the cabinet level, making Tamil Nadu the second state in the country after Keralam to establish a separate AI portfolio.

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