Tamil Nadu Assembly: TVK Minister Keerthana comes without election certificate for taking oath as MLA

From to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Minister forgetting to carry her election certificate to an AIADMK MLA breaking down, the oath-taking ceremony of the members of the 17^th Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu in Chennai was peppered with attention-grabbing incidents on Monday (May 11, 2026).

TVK Minister Keerthana without election certificate

Minister S. Keerthana, didn’t carry along with her the certificate of election, when her identify was known as out within the Assembly to take oath. She was initially the ten^th legislator after the Chief Minister and eight Ministers to be known as for taking oath. However, later within the day, she produced the certificate to the Assembly officers and took oath. However she was not alone.

Although the Assembly Secretariat had requested the newly-elected to carry the certificate of election without fail, whereas presenting themselves for making and subscribing the oath or affirmation, many failed to take action. They couldn’t take oath when their names have been known as out. Later within the day, they managed to provide the certificates and took the oath.

‘Who greets whom?’

Likewise, there was a guessing sport on ‘Who greets whom?’ Former Chief Minister Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami (AIADMK) and DMK Legislature Party chief Udhayanidhi Stalin greeted one another. When Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay entered the House, moreover members from the TVK, many within the DMK and the AIADMK, together with Mr. Udhayanidhi and Mr. Palaniswami have been seen greeting him. Mr. Vijay too greeted all of the members of the House with folded fingers.

AIADMK MLA breaks down

AIADMK MLA Okay. Mohan from Panruti broke down when taking oath. He confronted the portrait of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa within the House with folded fingers and saved saying ““Amma, Amma” earlier than going again to his seat.

In one other spectacle witnessed within the Assembly on Monday, some MLAs greeted Mr. Palaniswami earlier than taking oath. A couple of TVK Ministers, as they walked in direction of the rostrum to take oath, additionally welcomed the Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and people seated on the primary row of the Opposition benches. Notably, the Speaker is but to finalize the seating association of the House.

In the identify of God or conscience?

Several MLAs inadvertently repeated the identical procedural error whereas taking their oath. With each codecs of affirmation — swearing within the identify of God as effectively as affirming by conscience — printed on the oath sheet, many members learn out the whole textual content verbatim as a substitute of selecting one. The Assembly Secretary needed to repeatedly immediate members to pick out both of the 2 codecs earlier than finishing the oath.