Tamil Nadu Polls: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay has refused to accept the police convoy vehicles provided to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister as per protocol until his swearing-in, the party
said on Thursday.
As per the TVK, Vijay personally requested that the convoy vehicles assigned to him be returned, stating that he would accept official chief minister-level security only after formally forming the government with a “decisive mandate”.
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Four convoy vehicles assigned to Vijay on May 4, after TVK secured 108 seats in the Assembly elections, were sent back from his residence following his request.
Additionally, a police official told news agency PTI that the CM convoy vehicles provided to him “as per protocol” following the announcement of the Assembly election results were returned and have not been withdrawn.
The official also said that arrangements were in place for the swearing-in ceremony.
Even on May 6, the police had deployed security near his Panaiyur residence and in front of the Lok Bhavan here when Vijay called on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stake his claim to form the government. Vijay did not use the government vehicle to meet the Governor.
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Meanwhile, the TVK chief met Governor Rajendra Arlekar again on Thursday to reconsider the party’s request to form the government.
While asking the governor to reconsider their request to form the government, TVK has said that there has been a precedent of the single largest party staking a claim to form the government without a majority.
Earlier on Wednesday, he met the Governor and staked claim to form the government. However, Arlekar is not yet convinced that TVK has the required numbers.
As per sources in Lok Bhavan, the Governor had sought clarity on the strength of the actor-turned-politician’s party, which has staked a claim to form the government after emerging as the single largest party in the recently held assembly polls.
TVK currently has 108 MLAs, along with the support of five legislators from the Congress. With this, the number rose to 112, excluding one of the two seats that Vijay won. However, this still falls short of the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Assembly.
