DMK president MK Stalin meets Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit to stake declare to type the brand new authorities, at Rajbhavan, in Chennai, Wednesday. (PTI)
Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed Stalin as Tamil Nadu CM and invited him to type the ministry and have the swearing-in ceremony on 7 May at Raj Bhavan.
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: Governor Banwarilal Purohit appointed DMK president M Ok Stalin as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after he submitted a letter on his election as legislature occasion chief, the Raj Bhavan stated on Wednesday. Stalin referred to as on Purohit on the Raj Bhavan and “submitted a letter intimating of his election as the leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Legislature party.”
Governor Purohit appointed him because the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and invited him to type the ministry and to have the swearing-in ceremony on 7 May at 9 am at Raj Bhavan, an official launch stated.
Stalin has already stated the ceremony shall be held in a easy method on the Raj Bhavan premises.
On Tuesday, Stalin was unanimously elected as legislature occasion chief of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). “Party president @mkstalin was elected chief of the DMK legislature occasion,” the DMK stated on its official twitter deal with.
The meet to elect him was held at headquarters ‘Anna Arivalayam’ and it witnessed participation of 133 newly elected MLAs, including eight from alliance parties like the Vaiko-led MDMK who fought the polls on DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol. A DMK release said Stalin was unanimously elected as the legislature party leader after his name was proposed by party general secretary Duraimurugan and seconded by principal secretary KN Nehru.
The DMK has won 133 of the total 234 Assembly seats that went to polls on April 6. Some more seats were won by allies, including the Congress that bagged 18 constituencies.
Garnering two-thirds of the 234 seats, the 68-year old Stalin, through his sustained campaign 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.
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