Chennai, May 11 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK Founder C Joseph Vijay was on Monday sworn in as member of House, when the first session of the 17th Legislative Assembly was convened on to enable the newly-elected MLAs to take oath or affirmationas members.
Soon after the House assembled for day at 9.30 AM, Protem Speaker M V Karuppiah, who was already sworn-in by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Sunday evening, read out a Thirukkural couplet and signed the Assembly register having taken his oath already.
He then invited the members, starting with the Chief Minister, his Cabinet colleagues, Leader of the Opposition and DMK member Udhayanidhi Stalin, former Chief Ministers Edappadi K Palaniswami (AIADMK) and O Panneerselvam (DM...