Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay, nine cabinet colleagues, leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and former chief ministers Edappadi K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam were among those who took oath as members of the 17th Tamil Nadu legislative assembly on Monday in the presence of Pro-tem Speaker MV Karuppaiah.
Minister S Keerthana did not submit her certificate of election when her name was called out in the assembly to take oath. . However, later in the day, she produced the certificate to the officials and took the oath.
Thousand Lights MLA JCD Prabhakar was nominated by the TVK government to the post of Speaker. The election will be held on Tuesday.
Governor RV Arlekar had directed Vijay to prove his majority on or before May 13, with the floor test scheduled that day.
