At the end of a week of electoral intrigues and cliffhanger moments, C Joseph Vijay, the leader of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), was sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, although it will take a successful vote in the Assembly floor test on or before May 13 to cement his position. Vijay discovered the travails of a party with no previous experience and allies and, crucially, needing 11 MLAs for a majority, trying to cobble up the numbers to form a government. Although the Congress, with five members, detached itself from the DMK alliance quickly and announced its decision to back him, the matinee idol who overturned the applecart of the Dravidian Kazhagams found himself hobbled by his........

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