Five unanimous resolutions. Two budgets. Parandur airport scrapped. Free LPG for 1.30 crore families. Hanur firing call-attention motion. Vijay breaks seating convention. Health cover raised to ₹25 lakh. Milk hike. Crop loan waiver expanded. Delimitation resolution. Six DMK walkouts. The complete sitting-by-sitting record of Tamil Nadu’s First Monsoon Session 2026.
The First Monsoon Session of Tamil Nadu's 17th Legislative Assembly ran from August 5 to August 28, 2026 — 17 sitting days across 24 calendar days. It was the TVK government's most intensive legislative period: a maiden Budget, an Agriculture Budget, five unanimous resolutions, dozens of Rule 110 policy announcements, heated political clashes with the DMK, a CM speech that went viral, and a final-day assembly that made national news for the right and wrong reasons. This is the complete record.
The Singappen Special Force (SSF) — Tamil Nadu’s armed all-women police unit for proactive prevention of crimes against women — was formally announced by CM Vijay at the Tiruchirappalli thanksgiving rally on May 31 (Day 23). Named after ‘Singappen’ (the lion), the force operates in plain clothes with early-intervention focus. The Assembly’s police department debates and budget allocations formalised the SSF’s operational framework.
Finance Minister N. Marie Wilson presented the TVK government's first full Budget on August 5 — the first budget ever presented by a party that did not exist before 2024. Key allocations:
| Scheme / Area | Allocation |
|---|---|
| School education | ₹44,527 crore — largest-ever for TN education |
| Vetri Laptop Scheme (free laptops for students) | ₹2,000 crore |
| Vettri Veedu (housing for poor) | ₹3,500 crore |
| Annan Seer Thittam (social welfare) | ₹812 crore |
| Arivagam AI City | Announced (site: Chennai) |
| Space Industrial Investment Zone | Thoothukudi |
| Economy target | $1.5 trillion by 2036 (from ~$350 billion) |
The opposition DMK called the Budget "a collection of announcements without funding clarity." TVK called it "the most welfare-oriented Budget in Tamil Nadu's history."
Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth presented a separate standalone Agriculture Budget — a first for Tamil Nadu in recent years:
| Programme | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Crop loan support | ₹17,000 crore |
| Food-grain production target | 125 lakh metric tonnes |
| Soil Conservation Mission | ₹122.51 crore |
| Kuruvai Special Package (short-duration paddy) | ₹134.83 crore |
| Millet Mission | ₹63.81 crore |
| Crop insurance for 15 lakh farmers | ₹648.55 crore |
CM Vijay addressed the Assembly on the Cauvery issue, defending his strategy of direct talks with Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and pursuing dialogue alongside legal action: "I am prepared to face any humiliation for the sake of Tamil Nadu's farmers and their rights to Cauvery water." He also confirmed letters sent to PM Modi opposing the FCRA Amendment Bill and NEET for veterinary admissions — and announced an all-party MP meeting on delimitation for August 8.
All TVK+ alliance MPs — across party lines — passed a joint resolution at a meeting chaired by CM Vijay opposing the delimitation exercise that could reduce Tamil Nadu's Lok Sabha representation. The resolution demanded the Centre freeze seat allocation and protect southern states' share. This was the prelude to the Assembly resolution that followed days later.
The House passed its first unanimous resolution of the session — a landmark: every party present voted in favour of mandating Tamil Thai Vazhthu (the Tamil state anthem) as the first item at all government functions. TVK, DMK, AIADMK, Congress, PMK, VCK, CPI, CPI(M), BJP and IUML all backed it. Speaker J. C. D. Prabhakar's line became famous: "Tamil Thai Vazhthu will be sung first. We don't need permission from anyone." Also on August 10 under Rule 110: paddy procurement incentive raised to ₹2,750/quintal; sugarcane to ₹4,000/tonne.
The Assembly passed two more resolutions on August 11. Resolution 2: urging the Centre to abolish NEET nationally, amend the NMC Act, and allow Class 12 marks for medical admissions — Tamil Nadu's longest-running legislative demand. Resolution 3: opposing the FCRA Amendment Bill 2026, whose asset-provision clauses threatened civil society organisations' independence. Both passed unanimously.
Resolution 4 — the most politically consequential of the session. The Assembly resolved to demand the Centre permanently freeze Lok Sabha at 543 seats, maintain the existing inter-state seat distribution, preserve the 2.2:1 population ratio between large and small states, and implement 33% women's reservation from 2029 on existing seats (not on new seats created by delimitation). Vijay's line: "This is not a concession — this is social justice." CM conveyed the resolution to PM Modi by letter on August 14.
Vijay's Independence Day address at Fort St George on the 80th Independence Day carried a pointed message: "Real freedom is freedom from corruption." It was his first I-Day address as CM — broadcast across Tamil Nadu. He outlined the TVK government's first 100 days as a record of keeping promises.
On the government's 100th day in office — also the day of the Supreme Court's Cauvery order directing Karnataka to comply with CWMA — three major developments happened simultaneously:
On Independence Day (August 15), Karnataka Forest Department officials had shot dead three Tamil men — Anthony Sami, John Rose Peter and Kumar — at Maria Mangala Beat in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, allegedly mistaking them for smugglers. On August 18, CM Vijay moved a call-attention motion in the Assembly calling it a "massacre of Tamil people on our independence day." A magisterial inquiry was ordered in Karnataka; an FIR filed under Section 103(1) BNS against the forest officials. The issue united all parties in the House.
Three major announcements under Rule 110 on August 19:
| Announcement | Detail |
|---|---|
| CMCHIS health cover raised | ₹5 lakh → ₹25 lakh per year; ₹300 Cr new hospital for Perambur |
| Milk procurement price hike (1st) | ₹38 → ₹41 per litre for 3.16 lakh dairy producers |
| MLA facilities | Official vehicle and monthly allowance for all 234 MLAs — drew public criticism |
Three suo-motu statements, three historic announcements:
| Announcement | Scale |
|---|---|
| Parandur Airport Project scrapped | ₹27,400 Cr project abandoned — 1,000+ families and farmland protected; manifesto promise kept; DMK walked out in protest |
| Annapoorani Super Six — Free LPG | 3 free cylinders/year for 1.30 crore families via DBT from Pongal 2027 (₹4,000 Cr) |
| Vettri Payanam Expanded | Free bus travel extended to Express and mofussil routes; no income ceiling; transgender included; from Oct 2, 2026 (₹6,000 Cr) |
Resolution 5: Assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to permanently exempt from the Teacher Eligibility Test all teachers appointed before August 23, 2010 — protecting the service of thousands of teachers hired before TET became mandatory. All parties backed it. Fifth unanimous resolution of the session.
A moment widely noticed: Vijay chose to sit between Ministers Sengottaiyan and Aadhav Arjuna rather than in the designated Chief Minister's chair — a deliberate departure from convention. PTI confirmed: "major departure from long-standing tradition." Also on August 27: Vijay coordinated the emergency rescue operation for 106 Tamil pilgrims stranded in Nepal's Bhote Koshi floods.
The Monsoon Session's final sitting on August 28 ended the 17-day assembly with:
| Date | Clash | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| August 7 | DMK questioned Cauvery outreach strategy | Vijay defended — "prepared for humiliation" |
| August 12 | Opposition demanded faster action on delimitation | Resolution passed unanimously, then letters sent |
| August 18 | Hanur firing — cross-party anger at Karnataka | Call-attention motion; magisterial inquiry demanded |
| August 24 | DMK walked out over Parandur airport scrapping | Vijay: manifesto promise kept; farmers protected |
| August 28 | Opposition raised election petitions and law & order | Vijay promised point-by-point reply on September 7 |
| Category | Count / Total |
|---|---|
| Total sitting days | 17 |
| Unanimous resolutions passed | 5 (Tamil Thai Vazhthu, NEET, FCRA, Delimitation, TET) |
| Budgets presented | 2 (General + Agriculture) |
| Rule 110 announcements (major) | 12+ |
| DMK walkouts | 6 (Parandur, Hanur, Budget debate, various) |
| Total legislative value (major schemes) | ₹1.5 lakh crore+ across all announcements |
| Session duration (calendar) | 24 days (August 5–28) |
| Vijay Assembly speeches | 8 major addresses |
Monsoon Session 2026 Assembly Record 17 Days August 5–28, 2026