Chennai:
The Indian Union Muslim League or IUML and then Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi or VCK — supporters crucial to the survival of the actor-politician Vijay’s government in Tamil Nadu — have finally agreed to join his government. Their MLAs are likely to take oath tomorrow.
The smaller parties who are supporting Vijay — who had ended up with an unprecedented mandate that fell marginally short of majority — had been playing hard to get since the results were announced.
The Left bloc and the VCK agreed at the last minute, declaring that they, the allies of DMK, had the blessing of party chief MK Stalin to support the government, and they are doing so only to keep the state from falling into the grip of the BJP via Governor’s Rule.
This time, the VCK had kept the TVK guessing despite the party’s early invite to allies for government formation.
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