Tamil Nadu governor should invite single-largest party, allow TVK to prove House majority, says CPI

Communist Party of India leader D Raja on Friday urged Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar to invite actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to form the government as the single-largest party in the Assembly and allow it to prove its majority on the floor of the House, PTI reported.

His remarks came a day after the governor, for the second consecutive day, declined Vijay’s proposal to form the government. Arlekar reportedly asked him to return only after securing the support of 118 MLAs, the majority mark in the 234-member Assembly.

The governor was quoted as saying by ANI that the TVK chief had claimed that his party had the majority required to form the government.

The tenure of the current Tamil Nadu Assembly ends on Saturday.

The TVK, on its electoral debut, on Monday emerged as the single-largest party in the Tamil Nadu elections, winning 108 seats. However, it fell short of the majority mark.

The Congress, which won five seats in the elections, declared its support to Vijay on Wednesday. Even with Congress’ support, the TVK still falls short of the majority mark by five seats.

On Thursday, Vidhuthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol Thirumavalavan, whose party won two seats in the polls, said that Vijay had called him to seek support to form the government.

However, he did not clarify whether the party would support the...

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