New Delhi, May 9 -- Senior Advocate and former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi has termed the ongoing political deadlock in Tamil Nadu an "artificial crisis", saying the Governor should have invited TVK chief Vijay to form the government immediately after the election results.

In an interview with ANI on the Tamil Nadu political situation, Rohatgi said, "It is not a constitutional crisis situation, according to me; it is an artificial crisis."

He said that as the leader of the single largest party, Vijay should have been asked by Governor RV Arlekar "on day one" to form the government, even if his party was short of the majority mark.

"Even if he was ten short of the magic number, it did not matter. It is settled law, through c...