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The Tamil Nadu Assembly’s first session will convene on Monday with Pro-tem Speaker M.V. Karuppaiah administering oaths to MLAs. This follows actor-turned-politician Vijay’s swearing-in as Chief Minister, marking a historic shift as his TVK party ended decades of DMK-AIADMK dominance in the state.

M. V. Karuppaiah was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s pro-tem Speaker by Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar in Chennai. Chief Minister Vijay attended the ceremony ahead of the Assembly oath-taking and Speaker election

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The Pro-tem Speaker serves a temporary role, officiating the Assembly session until the newly-elected members are sworn in and a Speaker is elected.

Lakshminarayanan, a law graduate, has been holding the Raj Bhavan constituency since his first win in 2001.