VCK Joins Coalition Government in Tamil Nadu, Cabinet Expansion Set for Tomorrow | News18

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]government take shape. Now, what we're learning is that the VCK chief has said that his party, [music] which commands two MLAs, giving support to Vijayan's government, they will be part of the coalition sarkar [music] in the state of Tamil Nadu. That is the big update that's coming in. And I'm joined by my colleague Poornima to decode this further. Poornima, over to you. So, the VCK saying that they will get ministerial berths in Vijayan's government?

[00:00:25]Well, both the allies, VCK and the IUML, have confirmed that they will be part of the newly formed uh cabinet. The cabinet expansion is likely to taking place tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Mother Lok Bhavan had also confirmed that tomorrow 9:30 a.m. Two MLAs, one VCK MLA, Vanni Arasu, and the IUML MLA, Shahjahan, both of them will be sworn in tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. So, this is the first time after 59 years that there's coalition government in Tamil Nadu. We've seen two Congress MLAs uh sworn in as ministers today. VCK IUML were invited. They took time. So, totally Tamil Nadu will have 35 cabinet berths. So far, 33 33 The list of 33 is out. Two more will be inducted into the cabinet. So, that's taking place at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.

[00:01:22]Right. Thank you, Poornima, for getting us that update. So, more and more alliance partners now entering the Vijayan government. And the VCK has said that it will be part of the coalition sarkar. So, that confirmation now coming in from the VCK chief itself. Thank you, Poornima, for getting us that update.

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