Decision comes after Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi met with K C Venugopal on Thursday morning to convince him to back down.
His party TVK won 108 seats - 10 short of a majority in the Tamil Nadu assembly. Smaller parties have now pledged support.
Currently 16 states and one union territory (UT) have BJP Chief Ministers, with Himanta Biswa Sarma, Rekha Gupta, Devendra ...
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Tamil Nadu CM Vijay announces 200 units of free electricity for households, marking a new era of social justice.