Chennai, May 10 -- Newly-elected Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader MV Karuppaiah MV on Sunday was sworn in as the Pro Tem Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar in the presence of Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay.

This followed the inauguration of the new Tamil Nadu government led by Vijay this morning.

Chief Minister Vijay felicitated Governor Arlekar as he arrived at the Lok Bhavan to attend the swearing-in ceremony

The appointment of Karuppaiah, the elected MLA from Sholavandan comes at a crucial political moment in Tamil Nadu after TVK scripted a historic electoral debut in the recent Assembly elections.

The Pro-tem Speaker administers the oath to all newly elected Members of the Legislative As...