After five days of uncertainty, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Saturday invited C Joseph Vijay to form the government after the TVK chief satisfied the former of a majority support.Vijay met the Governor for the fourth time on Saturday evening since the declaration of results on May 4 placed his TVK ahead of others as the single-largest party. Traditional Dravidian players — DMK and AIADMK — trailed far behind.Vijay presented to Arlekar the letters of support from 118 MLAs — 107 of the TVK, five of the Congress, and two each of CPI, CPM and VCK — after which the Governor appointed him Chief Minister and invited him to form the government.Vijay, along with leaders of the Congress and other supporting parties, called on the Governor after the VCK offered the support of two lawmakers. With this the cliffhanger in Tamil Nadu ended.VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan had earlier met Aadhav Arjuna, TVK general secretary, and handed to him a formal letter of support for the TVK.Arlekar had all along been asking Vijay to prove his majority with 118 MLAs — the halfway mark in the state Assembly of 234 lawmakers.On Friday, the Governor house had said Vijay had the support of only 116 MLAs (107 of his own party, five of the Congress and two each of the CPI and CPM).The VCK had earlier said it would take the cue from the Left on whether to back Vijay.All day along on Saturday, allegations of horse-trading against the TVK flew thick and fast with the AMMK, an ally of the NDA in the state, accusing Vijay of attempting to buy off lawmakers, a charge the TVK denied.Vijay’s rise in Tamil Nadu heralds a temporary halt to the dominance of Dravidian parties in the state. The Dravidian influence in Tamil Nadu goes back to 1957, when the DMK first rose to prominence under CN Annadurai. In 1967, the AIADMK was formed by megastar MG Ramachandran, who quit the DMK.Vijay, also an actor, however, comes with no ideological baggage and his party, TVK, is only two years old.