The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK)  announced its ‘Unconditional Support’ to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government formation bid. The announcement assumed significance as actor-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s TVK was very close to the majority mark required to form the next government in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.

Sources said TVK has already secured the backing of several parties and now requires the support of just two more MLAs to comfortably cross the halfway mark.