Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar says no decision had been taken with respect to the petitions submitted by two groups of MLAs of the AIADMK legislature party, who later came to a truce
Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath of office and secrecy to the MLAs at a function at the Jyoti-Bishnu Antarjatik Kala Mandir in Guwahati
Trinamool MLAs present included prominent names such as Firhad Hakim, Javed Khan and Kunal Ghosh; the development comes amid reports that several rebel MLAs have submitted a claim to elect a new Leader of Opposition
While there has been no official confirmation, speculations suggest the number of legislators in touch with the rebel camp could range between 20 and 50
According to the ADR report, the winners of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election in 2026 won with an average of 38.99% of total votes polled. In the 2021 election, the winners won with an average of 48.37% polled, it added.
Angamaly MLA Roji M. John of the Congress, Piravom legislator Anoop Jacob of Kerala Congress (Jacob), and Kalamassery MLA V. E. Abdul Gafoor of the Indian Union Muslim League will be sworn in as Ministers
After taking oath, the newly-elected members signed in the Assembly register
As many as 19 MLAs-elect from the TVK, 14 each from the AIADMK and the DMK, two each from the Congress and the PMK, and one each from the AMMK, the CPI, the DMDK, the IUML, and the VCK have declared that serious criminal cases were pending against them
The five MLAs reportedly arrived on Thursday (May 7, 2026) and planned to leave after reports came in that Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar had asked Mr. Vijay to form the government