Overview
- Following Wednesday's meetings at Lok Bhavan, Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Thursday said TVK had not shown majority support and withheld any invitation or oath.
- TVK won 108 of 234 seats and has the Congress’s five MLAs, but Vijay must vacate one of his two wins, trimming TVK to 107 and leaving the bloc short of the 117 effective majority mark.
- The CPI, CPI(M) and IUML reaffirmed support to the DMK, VCK said it will decide after internal talks, and the AIADMK publicly ruled out backing TVK.
- TVK moved scores of its MLAs to a Mamallapuram resort to prevent defections, and the AIADMK shifted legislators to Puducherry as rivals try to secure their ranks.
- Raj Bhavan sought legal opinion as parties and experts cited the Supreme Court’s SR Bommai precedent to press for a floor test, and reports said Vijay consulted senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi on legal options.