Six months into its rule, TVK-led government enjoys public goodwill despite concerns about it being directionless

CHENNAI The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government, which completed six months in office on Monday (November 9, 2026), appears to be largely enjoying the goodwill of people, even though concerns are being raised about the regime’s tendency to be directionless. Though Chief Minister C.

Joseph Vijay, on his very first day in office, had declared that he had inherited an “empty coffer,” the government has been continuing with all the major welfare measures. The “precarious” financial condition did not come in the way of his government carrying out some other steps such as the extension of the breakfast scheme for school students, the provision of gold rings to babies born at government hospitals, the distribution of eight-gram gold coins and silk saris to eligible women, and the expansion of free travel for women on buses of the State Transport Corporations.

Reports of a “marked reduction“ in corruption regarding government appointments, transfers, and public services have impressed many observers including former Union Minister P.