India, May 21 -- In a historic political moment for the Congress in Tamil Nadu, the party on Thursday joined the state government for the first time in nearly six decades. But the swearing-in ceremony of Congress MLA S Rajesh Kumar quickly turned controversial after he raised slogans praising Rahul Gandhi during his oath-taking.

Congress back in power corridors after 1967

The Congress, which has five MLAs in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, joined the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government headed by actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay.

S Rajesh Kumar, the Congress Legislature Party leader representing Killiyoor constituency, was among the two Congress MLAs inducted into the Cabinet during Vijay's expansion exercise.

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