New Delhi, May 5 -- Actor-turned politician Vijay, who on Monday ended the decades-long DMK-AIADMK duopoly in Tamil Nadu, will take oath as the state's new Chief Minister on May 7. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief on Tuesday wrote to Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar to formally stake his claim to form the government. Vijay will also meet the Governor and stake a claim to form the government on Wednesday, May 6.

Vijay is said to have informed the Governor that the TVK had secured 108 seats, and being the single largest party, it should be invited to form the government. TVK is just 10 seats short of the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Tamil Nadu legislature.

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