New Delhi, May 9 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Tamil Nadu CM-designate Vijay in Chennai on Sunday.

On Saturday, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar appointed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Chief C Joseph Vijay as the new Chief Minister of the state and asked him to prove his majority in the state assembly on or before May 13.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held at Nehru Stadium, Chennai, at 10 am.

Vijay, an actor-turned-politician, met the Governor earlier in the day and gave him letters of support from Congress, CPI, Communist Party of India (Marxist), VCK and IUML.

TVK has the support of the abovementioned political parties. While Congress has five ML...