R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, MAY 5
Day after being unanimously elected as leader of the party in the Assembly by party MLAs, DMK chief M K Stalin along with senior party leaders met Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and staked claim to form the government.
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It is expected that he will sworn-in as Chief Minister on Friday, May 7. However the date of oath-taking ceremony will be decided by the Governor, said the party’s Organising Secretary R S Bharathi after meeting.
இன்று மாண்புமிகு தமிழக ஆளுநர் திரு. பன்வாரிலால் புரோகித் அவர்களை, ஆளுநர் மாளிகையில் சந்தித்து ஆட்சி அமைப்பதற்காக உரிமை கோரினேன். pic.twitter.com/342Mrw9OQP
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) May 5, 2021
Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the swearing-in ceremony of DMK chief M K Stalin will be a low-key affair.
Stalin was accompanied by party’s General Secretary Duraimurugan, Senior leaders T. R. Baalu, K N Nehru and RS Bharathi
Building a strong narrative over the years against the AIADMK and BJP-led governments in Tamil Nadu and the Centre, DMK president M K Stalin reaped huge success in Assembly polls, recreating the 2019 magic when he won the Lok Sabha polls hands down for his party and allies.
The DMK won 133 seats in the Assembly polls and along with allies, including Congress, garnered a total of 159 constituencies in the 234-member Assembly. The AIADMK won 66 segments and its partners BJP and PMK four and five seats, respectively..
Garnering two-thirds of the 234 seats, the 68-year-old Stalin, through his sustained campaign has yet again ushered in a victory similar to that of the 2019 Parliamentary election win.
The victory did not, however, land in Stalin’s lap and he worked towards it by reaching out to people systematically by targeting the Centre and state governments on many issues that were affecting the general public since last November.
