Chennai | Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, nine other ministers, former chief ministers including Edappadi K Palaniswami and newly elected MLAs on Monday took the oath of office in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, officials said.

Pro-Tem Speaker M V Karuppaiah administered the oath of office.

The Assembly proceedings for oath-taking of MLAs commenced at 9.30 am with a brief introduction by the Pro-Tem Speaker.

The Chief Minister was the first to take oath as an MLA and nine ministers including N Anand and Aadhav Arjuna later took the oath as MLAs.

Following this, DMK legislature party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, former Chief Ministers AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami and DMK leader O Panneerselvam, AIADMK members including Agri Krishnamurthy and K P Anbalagan were among those who took oath as legislators.