India, May 6 -- The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and the Congress Legislative Party have decided to extend their support to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government, state's All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Girish Chodankar said on Wednesday.

Chodankar said TVK president C Joseph Vijay has formally requested the Congress to extend its support for forming a government in Tamil Nadu.

"The people of Tamil Nadu have delivered a very clear, strong and overwhelming verdict for a secular, progressive and welfarist government that believes in constitutional principles. They have chosen the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam led by C Joseph Vijay to form the next government", he wrote in the party statement on Wednesday.

"T...