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Vijay Kutti Story: Tamil Nadu CM narrates a British Parliament story when nobody wanted to become a Speaker; watch the viral clip

Tamil Nadu Assembly sessions are usually associated with shouting matches, walkouts, table-thumping and political one-liners. But on Tuesday, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay unexpectedly turned the Assembly into something between a history class, a stand-up set and a parliamentary trivia reel.

The moment came during the election of JCD Prabhakar as Speaker of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. As no other nominations were filed, the TVK MLA from Thousand Lights was elected unopposed.

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