Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, nine other ministers, former CMs including Edappadi K Palaniswami, former deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin and the newly elected MLAs on Monday took the oath of office in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2026-05-11 03:10 PM IST
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Pro-tem Speaker M V Karuppaiah, praising Vijay's leadership and victory, initiated the proceedings on administration of the oath of office for MLAs in the first session of the 17th Assembly.
The chief minister was the first to take oath as an MLA and ministers N Anand, Aadhav Arjuna, KG Arunraj, KA Sengottaiyan, P Venkataramanan, R Nirmalkumar, Rajmohan and TK Prabhu followed suit.
Following this, DMK legislature party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, former CMs Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam (DMK), and other MLAs took oath of office.
Vijay, Udhayanidhi and Panneerselvam were among those who "solemnly affirmed" and took oath. Palaniswami and PMK's Sowmya Anbumani were among those who took oath in the name of God.
Panrutti AIADMK MLA K Mohan while taking oath suddenly broke down and hailed late chief minister J Jayalalithaa and with folded hands paid tributes to the portrait of the late AIADMK matriarch in the Assembly hall.
