In a major boost to its efforts to form the government in Tamil Nadu, Chandrasekhar Joseph Vijay-led TVK received the support of the two Left parties on Friday, bringing it closer to the magic number of 118 legislators required for a simple majority.

The CPI and CPI (M), each having two seats, extended their support to the actor-politician-led party after day-long deliberations. Armed with their support, the TVK chief is slated to meet Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar later in the day to reiterate his claim to form the government.