Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday appointed TVK chief C Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and and the leader will take oath on Sunday, the Lok Bhavan said. This comes after VCK and IUML extended unconditional support to TVK, taking his tally to 121 MLAs — three more than the 118 needed for a majority Assembly.

The development ends four days of intense political negotiations after TVK upstaged DMK and AIADMK in the elections.